Molecular Characterization of Aquaglyceroporine: A Novel Mutation in LmAQP1 from Leishmania major (MRHO/IR/75/ER)

Background: The first line treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis is pentavalent antimony such as sodium stibogluconate (pentostam) and meglumine antimonite (glucantime). One of the most important ways to uptake the drug is by a transmembrane protein, called aquaglyceroporin encoded by Aquaglyceropr...

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Main Authors: Gilda ESLAMI, Maryam GHAVAMI, Ali Reza MORADI, Hamid NADRI, Salman AHMADIAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2019-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/1757