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Table 1
Leishmania expressing reporter gene whose capacity to be used in vitro for drug screening procedure has been determined
Species	Reporter gene	Expression	Ref

L. donovani/L. donovaniR	Firefly luciferase	Episomal	16
L. amazonensis	Firefly luciferase	Integration	17
L. infantum/L. infantum RSbIII¹	Firefly luciferase	Episomal	14
L. donovani	GFP	Episomal	7
L. donovani R²			10
L. amazonensis	β-Lactamase	Episomal	12
L. major

¹in vitro selected trivalent antimony resistant L. infantum. ²Field isolates of L. donovani resistant to pentavalent antimony.
Monte-Alegre et al. Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease 2006 5:6 doi:10.1186/1475-9292-5-6

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