A novel ABCG-like transporter of Trypanosoma cruzi is involved in natural resistance to benznidazole

Benznidazole (BZ) is one of the two drugs used for Chagas disease treatment. Nevertheless therapeutic failures of BZ have been reported, which were mostly attributed to variable drug susceptibility among Trypanosoma cruzi strains. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in a variety of...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Bianca Zingales, Rafael Gomes Aquino Araujo, Margoth Moreno, Jaques Franco, Pedro Henrique Nascimento Aguiar, Solange Lessa Nunes, Marcelo Nunes Silva, Susan Ienne, Carlos Renato Machado, Adeilton Brandão
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2015-05-01
Subjects:	Chagas disease benznidazole resistance ABCG transporter T. cruzi strains transcript abundance single nucleotide polymorphisms
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000300433&lng=en&tlng=en