Trypanocidal analogs of myristate and myristoyllysophosphatidylcholine

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-118

  Werbovetz, Karl A ^a   Bacchi, Cyrus J ^b   Englund, Paul T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myristoylation; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MYRISTIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MYRISTOYLLYSOLECITHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TOXICITY; MOUSE; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030592474     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02708-9     Document Type: Article

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