On the mechanism of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chinappi, Mauro ^a   Via, Allegra ^a   Marcatili, Paolo ^a   Tramontano, Anna ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM CHLOROQUINE RESISTANCE TRANSPORTER PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; CARBONYL CYANIDE 4 (TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)PHENYLHYDRAZONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; IONOPHORE; PFCRT PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTON;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ALGORITHMS; AMEBICIDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBONYL CYANIDE P-TRIFLUOROMETHOXYPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; IONOPHORES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 78649518769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014064     Document Type: Article

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