A high-throughput assay for the identification of drugs against late-stage Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-131

  Peatey, Christopher L ^a   Spicer, Timothy P ^b   Hodder, Peter S ^b,c   Trenholme, Katharine R ^a,d   Gardiner, Donald L ^a,e  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Scripps Florida ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gametocytes; High throughput assay; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISINIC ACID; ATOVAQUONE; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRONARIDINE; QUININE;

ACCURACY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GAMETOCYTE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80054715187     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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