The transcriptome of the intraerythrocytic developmental cycle of Plasmodium falciparum

Z Bozdech, M Llinás, BL Pulliam, ED Wong, J Zhu… - PLoS …, 2003 - journals.plos.org
Plasmodium falciparum is the causative agent of the most burdensome form of human
malaria, affecting 200–300 million individuals per year worldwide. The recently sequenced …

Can an in silico drug-target search method be used to probe potential mechanisms of medicinal plant ingredients?

X Chen, CY Ung, Y Chen - Natural Product Reports, 2003 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1995–2002 Medicinal plants have been explored therapeutically in traditional
medicines and are a valuable source for drug discovery. Insufficient knowledge about the …

Plasmodium in the postgenomic era: new insights into the molecular cell biology of malaria parasites

CRS Garcia, MF de Azevedo, G Wunderlich… - International review of …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this review, we bring together some of the approaches toward understanding the cellular
and molecular biology of Plasmodium species and their interaction with their host red blood …

Database of traditional Chinese medicine and its application to studies of mechanism and to prescription validation

X Chen, H Zhou, YB Liu, JF Wang, H Li… - British journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is widely practised and is
viewed as an attractive alternative to conventional medicine. Quantitative information about …

The malaria parasite cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase plays a central role in blood-stage schizogony

HM Taylor, L McRobert, M Grainger, A Sicard… - Eukaryotic …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A role for the Plasmodium falciparum cyclic GMP (cGMP)-dependent protein
kinase (PfPKG) in gametogenesis in the malaria parasite was elucidated previously. In the …

A genomic perspective of protein kinases in Plasmodium falciparum

Anamika, N Srinivasan, A Krupa - Proteins: Structure, Function …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Protein kinases are central to regulation of cellular signaling in the eukaryotes. Well‐
conserved and lineage‐specific protein kinases have previously been identified from …

A role for coccidian cGMP-dependent protein kinase in motility and invasion

HI Wiersma, SE Galuska, FM Tomley, LD Sibley… - International journal for …, 2004 - Elsevier
The coccidian parasite cGMP-dependent protein kinase is the primary target of a novel
coccidiostat, the trisubstituted pyrrole 4-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-(1-methylpiperidine-4-yl)-1H …

Using the TOPS-MODE approach to fit multi-target QSAR models for tyrosine kinases inhibitors

G Marzaro, A Chilin, A Guiotto, E Uriarte, P Brun… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Tyrosine kinases constitute an eligible class of target for novel drug discovery. They resulted
often overexpressed and/or deregulated in several cancer diseases. Thus, the development …

Cryptosporidium parvum invasion of biliary epithelia requires host cell tyrosine phosphorylation of cortactin via c-Src

XM Chen, BQ Huang, PL Splinter, H Cao, G Zhu… - Gastroenterology, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS:: Cryptosporidium parvum invasion of epithelia requires
polymerization of host cell actin at the attachment site. We analyzed the role of host cell c …

Plasmodium falciparum: erythrocytic stages die by autophagic-like cell death under drug pressure

PRR Totino, CT Daniel-Ribeiro, S Corte-Real… - Experimental …, 2008 - Elsevier
It has been reported that an apoptotic cell death process can occur with protozoans, but no
consensus on Plasmodium susceptibility to apoptosis was reached till now. Thus, we …