Up-regulation of silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) is associated with amphotericin B resistance in clinical isolates of Leishmania donovani
Author(s) -
Bidyut Purkait,
Ruby Singh,
Kirti Wasnik,
Sushmita Das,
Ashish Kumar,
Mark J. I. Paine,
Manas Ranjan Dikhit,
Dharmendra Singh,
Abul Hasan Sardar,
Ayan Kumar Ghosh,
Pradeep Das
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dku534
Subject(s) - biology , nad+ kinase , apoptosis , efflux , leishmania donovani , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , enzyme , immunology , leishmaniasis , visceral leishmaniasis
Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) is involved in parasite survival and apoptosis. Here, we aimed to explore the involvement of Sir2 in amphotericin B (AmB) resistance mechanism in Leishmania donovani.
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