Expression and function of pvcrt-o, a Plasmodium vivax ortholog of pfcrt, in Plasmodium falciparum and Dictyostelium discoideum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-228

  Sá, Juliana Martha ^a,b   Yamamoto, Marcio M ^a   Fernandez Becerra, Carmen ^a   de Azevedo, Mauro Ferreira ^a   Papakrivos, Janni ^b   Naudé, Bronwen ^b,c   Wellems, Thomas E ^b   del Portillo, Hernando A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chloroquine resistance; Dictyostelium discoideum; Luciferase; Malaria; pfcrt; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; pvcrt o; Transgene expression; Transgenic lines

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; THREONINE; VERAPAMIL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOSOMES; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; VACUOLES;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 33750617911     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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