A flow cytometry-based quantitative drug sensitivity assay for all plasmodium falciparum gametocyte stages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Zenglei ^a   Liu, Min ^a,b   Liang, Xiaoying ^a   Siriwat, Salil ^a   Li, Xiaolian ^a   Chen, Xiaoguang ^b   Parker, Daniel M ^a   Miao, Jun ^a   Cui, Liwang ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PRIMAQUINE; PYRONARIDINE;

ALPHA TUBULIN II GENE; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOCYTOCIDAL ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IC 50; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IC50; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE;

ANTIMALARIALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84899698478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093825     Document Type: Article

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