Defining the role of PfCRT in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-333

  Bray, Patrick G ^a   Martin, Rowena E ^b   Tilley, Leann ^c   Ward, Stephen A ^a   Kirk, Kiaran ^b   Fidock, David A ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMINO ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLOROQUINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HALOFANTRINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PFCRT; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL VACUOLE; DRUG TRANSPORT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 17144422120     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04556.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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