The mechanism of artemisinin resistance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites originates in their initial transcriptional response.
Lei Zhu, Rob W. van der Pluijm, Michal Kucharski…·Zbynek Bozdech
The paper identifies a transcriptional profile in artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum that originates from initial drug responses and involves proteotoxic stress and REDOX metabolism.