Loss of the High-Affinity Pentamidine Transporter Is Responsible for High Levels of Cross-Resistance between Arsenical and Diamidine Drugs in African Trypanosomes

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  2007

• Venue

  Molecular Pharmacology

• Publication date

  2007-04-01

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  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1124/mol.106.031351PMID 17234896
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