Na+ Influx Induced by New Antimalarials Causes Rapid Alterations in the Cholesterol Content and Morphology of Plasmodium falciparum.
Among the several new antimalarials discovered over the past decade are at least three clinical candidate drugs, each with a distinct chemical structure, that disrupt Na+ homeostasis resulting in a rapid increase in intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) within the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodiu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4881962?pdf=render |