Kinetics of Plasmodium falciparum thymidylate synthase: Interactions with high-affinity metabolites of 5-fluoroorotate and D1694

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1628-1632

  Hekmat Nejad, Mohammad ^a   Rathod, Pradipsinh K ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FLOXURIDINE PHOSPHATE; FLUOROOROTIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RALTITREXED; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0030004340     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.7.1628     Document Type: Article

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