Characterization of the commercially-available fluorescent chloroquine-BODIPY conjugate, LynxTag-CQGREEN, as a marker for chloroquine resistance and uptake in a 96-well plate assay

Chloroquine was a cheap, extremely effective drug against Plasmodium falciparum until resistance arose. One approach to reversing resistance is the inhibition of chloroquine efflux from its site of action, the parasite digestive vacuole. Chloroquine accumulation studies have traditionally relied on...

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Main Authors: Loh, C, Suwanarusk, R, Lee, Y, Chan, K, Choy, K, Rénia, L, Russell, B, Lear, M, Nosten, F, Tan, K, Chow, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014