Malaria parasite mutants with altered eryth rocyte permeability: A new drug resistance mechanism and important molecular tool

Future Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-97

  Hill, David A ^a   Desai, Sanjay A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Host pathogen interactions; Ion channels; Malaria; Mutant selection; Patch clamp; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

5 NITRO 2 (3 PHENYLPROPYLAMINO)BENZOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BLASTICIDIN S; DANTROLENE; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; LEUPEPTIN; PHLORIZIN; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANION TRANSPORT; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PATCH CLAMP; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 75849161351     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.109     Document Type: Review

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