Distribution of acridine orange fluorescence in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes and its implications for the evaluation of digestive vacuole pH

Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2002 Feb;119(2):301-4; discussion 307-9, 311-3. doi: 10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00403-0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acridine Orange / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Benzopyrans
  • Chloroquine / pharmacology
  • Cytosol / metabolism
  • Drug Resistance
  • Erythrocytes / cytology*
  • Erythrocytes / parasitology*
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes / metabolism
  • Fluorometry / instrumentation
  • Fluorometry / methods
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Microscopy, Confocal / instrumentation
  • Microscopy, Confocal / methods
  • Plasmodium falciparum / physiology*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Vacuoles / chemistry*
  • Vacuoles / drug effects

Substances

  • Benzopyrans
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • SNARF dye
  • Chloroquine
  • Acridine Orange