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A Redox-Active Fluorescent pH Indicator for Detecting Plasmodium falciparum Strains with Reduced Responsiveness to Quinoline Antimalarial Drugs.
ACS infectious diseases - 10 Feb 2017
Jida Mouhamad, Sanchez Cecilia P, Urgin Karène, Ehrhardt Katharina, Mounien Saravanan, Geyer Aurelia, Elhabiri Mourad, Lanzer Michael, Davioud-Charvet Elisabeth
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Mutational changes in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) have been associated with differential responses to a wide spectrum of biologically active compounds including current and former quinoline and quinoline-like antimalarial drugs. PfCRT confers altered drug responsiveness by acting as a transport system, expelling drugs from the parasite's digestive vacuole where these drugs...
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