Effect of tryptophan-N-formylated gramicidin on growth of plasmodium berghei in mice

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1778-1782

  Otten Kuipers, Maaike A ^a   Franssen, Frits F J ^a   Nieuwenhuijs, Hans ^a   Overdulve, J Prosper ^a   Roelofsen, Ben ^a   Op Den Kamp, Jos A F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 (3 HYDROXY 2 PHOSPHONOMETHOXYPROPYL)ADENINE; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GRAMICIDIN; GRAMICIDIN A; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIPID VESICLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0030872457     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.8.1778     Document Type: Article

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