Potent inhibitors of cysteine proteases from the marine fungus Microascus longirostris

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-397

  Yu, Chao Mei ^a   Curtis, Jonathan M ^b   Walter, John A ^b   Wright, Jeffrey L C ^b   Ayer, Stephen W ^b   Kaleta, Jadwiga ^a   Querengesser, Lori ^a   Fathi Afshar, Ziba R ^a  

^a NAEJA Pharmaceutical Inc   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; CATHESTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PAPAIN; PEPSIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0029869327     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.49.395     Document Type: Article

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