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Efflux systems and increased trypanothione levels in arsenite-resistant Leishmania.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Nov 1997
Légaré D, Papadopoulou B, Roy G, Mukhopadhyay R, Haimeur A, Dey S, Grondin K, Brochu C, Rosen B P, Ouellette M
Abstract excerpt
The mechanism of resistance to the metal arsenite has been studied and compared in L. mexicana, L. tropica, and L. tarentolae selected in a step by step manner for arsenite resistance. Amplification of the ABC transporter gene pgpA was found to be a frequent resistance mechanism in all species. Transfection of pgpA genes into different species indicated that both the origin of the pgpA gene and the recipient...
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