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Differences in trans-stimulated chloroquine efflux kinetics are linked to PfCRT in Plasmodium falciparum.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 2007
Sanchez Cecilia P, Rohrbach Petra, McLean Jeremy E, Fidock David A, Stein Wilfred D, Lanzer Michael
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The mechanism underpinning chloroquine drug resistance in the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum has remained controversial. Currently discussed models include a carrier or a channel for chloroquine, the former actively expelling the drug, the latter facilitating its passive diffusion, out of the parasite's food vacuole, where chloroquine accumulates and inhibits haem detoxification. Here we have...
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