Regulation of heme polymerizing activity and the antimalarial action of chloroquine

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2461-2465

  Fitch, Coy D ^a   Chou, Albert C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; AMOPYROQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; HEMATIN; HEME; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0030705182     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.11.2461     Document Type: Article

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