Selection for arsenite resistance causes reversible changes in minicircle composition and kinetoplast organization in Leishmania mexicana.

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Certain minor minicircle sequence classes in the kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) networks of arsenite- or tunicamycin-resistant Leishmania mexicana amazonensis variants whose nuclear DNA is amplified appear to be preferentially selected to replicate (S. T. Lee, C. Tarn, and K. P. Chang, Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 58:187-204, 1993). These sequences replace the predominant wild-type minicircle sequences to become dominant...

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