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Differential stimulation of the Na+/H+ exchanger determines chloroquine uptake in Plasmodium falciparum.
The Journal of cell biology - 26 Jan 1998
Wünsch S, Sanchez C P, Gekle M, Grosse-Wortmann L, Wiesner J, Lanzer M
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Here we describe the identification and characterization of a physiological marker that is associated with the chloroquine-resistant (CQR) phenotype in the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Single cell in vivo pH measurements revealed that CQR parasites consistently have an elevated cytoplasmic pH compared to that of chloroquine-sensitive (CQS) parasites because of a constitutively activated Na+/H+...
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