Interruption of the blood-stage cycle of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium chabaudi, by protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Malaria is a devastating disease caused by a unicellular protozoan, Plasmodium, which affects 3.7 million people every year. Resistance of the parasite to classical treatments such as chloroquine requires the development of new drugs. To gain insight into the mechanisms that control Plasmodium cell...

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Autori principali: M.L. Gazarini, C.R.S. Garcia
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2003-11-01
Serie:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Accesso online:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003001100003