Subcellular pH and Ca2+ in Plasmodium falciparum: Implications for understanding drug resistance mechanisms

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1561-1570

  Lanzer, Michael ^a   Rohrbach, Petra ^a  

^a Abteilung Parasitologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Live cell imaging; Malaria

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34347240321     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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