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PfMFR3: A Multidrug-Resistant Modulator in Plasmodium falciparum.
ACS infectious diseases - 9 Apr 2021
Rocamora Frances, Gupta Purva, Istvan Eva S, Luth Madeline R, Carpenter Emma F, Kümpornsin Krittikorn, Sasaki Erika, Calla Jaeson, Mittal Nimisha, Carolino Krypton, Owen Edward, Llinás Manuel, Ottilie Sabine, Goldberg Daniel E, Lee Marcus C S, Winzeler Elizabeth A
Abstract excerpt
In malaria, chemical genetics is a powerful method for assigning function to uncharacterized genes. MMV085203 and GNF-Pf-3600 are two structurally related napthoquinone phenotypic screening hits that kill both blood- and sexual-stage P. falciparum parasites in the low nanomolar to low micromolar range. In order to understand their mechanism of action, parasites from two different genetic backgrounds were exposed...
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