Novel therapeutic targets in Plasmodium falciparum: Aquaglyceroporins

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-394

  Kun, Jürgen F ^a   De Carvalho, Elisandra Grangeiro ^a  

^a Institute for Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaglyceroporin; Aquaporin; Attenuated parasites; Dihydroxyacetone; Gene knockout; Glycosylation; Mutation; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum; Poverty related disease

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; HYDROXYUREA; PYRIMETHAMINE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CYTOTOXIN; DIHYDROXYACETONE; GLYCEROL; PFAQP PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PORIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG TARGETING; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SOLUTE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SCREENING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOTOXINS; DIHYDROXYACETONE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MICE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PORINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; WATER;

EID: 67649225438     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728220902817839     Document Type: Review

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