Effect of mitonafide analogs on topoisomerase II of Leishmania chagasi

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 706-709

  Slunt, Kelli Miller ^a,c   Grace, James M ^a,d   Macdonald, Timothy L ^a   Pearson, Richard D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; MITONAFIDE;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030029990     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.3.706     Document Type: Article

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