2.6.1.5	medicine	tyrosine aminotransferase is not directly associated with resistance to benznidazole, but may act as a general secondary compensatory mechanism or stress response factor. In Trypanosoma cruzi strains resistant o benznidazole, no amplification of the tyrosine aminotransferase gene is observed, and all strain show similar levels of tyrosine aminotransferase mRNA	686608