PfCRT and its role in antimalarial drug resistance

Trends in Parasitology - Tập 28 Số 11 - Trang 504-514 - 2012
Andrea Hoelbl‐Kovacic1, Adele M. Lehane1,2, Jérôme Clain1,3, David A. Fidock4
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
2Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
3Unité Mixte de Recherche 216, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris Descartes University, 75006 Paris, France
4Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA

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