A crucial piece in the puzzle of the artemisinin resistance mechanism in Plasmodium falciparum

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 345-346

  Bozdech, Zbynek ^a   Ferreira, Pedro E ^a   Mok, Sachel ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Drug resistance; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; EPOXOMICIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KELCH13; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UBIQUITINATION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84938746173     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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