Article
Drug resistance and the P-glycoprotein homologues of Plasmodium falciparum.
Seminars in cell biology - 1 Feb 1993
Cowman A F, Karcz S
Abstract excerpt
The chloroquine resistance phenotype of Plasmodium falciparum shares many similarities to multi-drug resistance in tumour cells and this has led to the identification of two mdr-like genes (pfmdr1, pfmdr2) from this human pathogen. The pfmdr1 gene has been linked to the chloroquine resistance phenotype, although a genetic cross appears to contradict these results. Analysis of drug resistant mutants selected in...
Topics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins
- Chloroquine
- Drug Resistance
- Gene Expression
- Mefloquine
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Phenotype
- Protozoan Proteins
