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On the Mechanism of Chloroquine Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

Resistance to chloroquine of malaria strains is known to be associated with a parasite protein named PfCRT, the mutated form of which is able to reduce chloroquine accumulation in the digestive vacuole of the pathogen. Whether the protein mediates extrusion of the drug acting as a channel or as a ca...

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Autores principales: Chinappi, Mauro, Via, Allegra, Marcatili, Paolo, Tramontano, Anna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21124966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014064