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In vitro selection predicts malaria parasite resistance to dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors in a mouse infection model.
Science translational medicine - 4 Dec 2019
Mandt Rebecca E K, Lafuente-Monasterio Maria Jose, Sakata-Kato Tomoyo, Luth Madeline R, Segura Delfina, Pablos-Tanarro Alba, Viera Sara, Magan Noemi, Ottilie Sabine, Winzeler Elizabeth A, Lukens Amanda K, Gamo Francisco Javier, Wirth Dyann F
Abstract excerpt
Resistance has developed in Plasmodium malaria parasites to every antimalarial drug in clinical use, prompting the need to characterize the pathways mediating resistance. Here, we report a framework for assessing development of resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to new antimalarial therapeutics. We investigated development of resistance by P. falciparum to the dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors...
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