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Sequence and gene expression of chloroquine resistance transporter (pfcrt) in the association of in vitro drugs resistance of Plasmodium falciparum.
Malaria journal - 15 Feb 2011
Chaijaroenkul Wanna, Ward Stephen A, Mungthin Mathirut, Johnson David, Owen Andrew, Bray Patrick G, Na-Bangchang Kesara
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance (CQR) transporter protein (PfCRT) is known to be the important key of CQR. Recent studies have definitively demonstrated a link between mutations in the gene pfcrt and resistance to chloroquine in P. falciparum. Although these mutations are predictive of chloroquine resistance, they are not quantitatively predictive of the degree of resistance. METHODS: In...
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