Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter, PfCRT, enlarge the parasite's food vacuole and alter drug sensitivities

Serena Pulcini, Henry M. Staines, Andrew H. Lee, Sarah H. Shafik, Guillaume Bouyer, Catherine M. Moore, Daniel A. Daley, Matthew J Hoke, Lindsey M. Altenhofen, Heather J. Painter, Jianbing Mu, David J. P. Ferguson, Manuel Llinas, Rowen E. Martin, David A. Fidock, Roland Cooper, Sanjeev Krishna, Jainbing Mu

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Original languageAmerican English
JournalScientific Reports
Volume5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 30 2015

Keywords

  • Antiparasitic agents
  • DNA sequencing
  • Microscopy
  • Parasite Biology
  • Transmembrane protein PfCRT
  • Xenopus laevis oocytes
  • Malaria parasites
  • Artemisinin
  • Antimalarial
  • Polymorphisms
  • Mechanism
  • Metaanalysis
  • Piperaquine
  • Expression

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences
  • Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health
  • Biology
  • Immunology and Infectious Disease
  • Physiology

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