The diamidine DB75 targets the nucleus of Plasmodium falciparum

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Purfield, Anne E ^a   Tidwell, Richard R ^a   Meshnick, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,5 BIS(4 AMIDINOPHENYL)FURAN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DNA PRIMASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 7; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TROPHOZOITE ANTIGEN R45; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; BENZAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FURAMIDINE;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TROPHOZOITE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BENZAMIDINES; CELL NUCLEUS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANELLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

EID: 67651165410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-104     Document Type: Article

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