Inhibition of Trypanosoma cruzi growth in mammalian cells by purine and pyrimidine analogs

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2455-2458

  Nakajima Shimada, Junko ^a   Hirota, Yumiko ^a   Aoki, Takashi ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2',3' DIDEOXYURIDINE; ALLOPURINOL; CORDYCEPIN; DEOXYADENOSINE; DEOXYINOSINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0029914055     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.11.2455     Document Type: Article

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