The antibiotic micrococcin is a potent inhibitor of growth and protein synthesis in the malaria parasite

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 715-716

  Rogers, M John ^a,b   Cundliffe, Eric ^a,c   McCutchan, Thomas F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; MICROCOCCIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; THIOSTREPTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

EID: 0031917769     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.3.715     Document Type: Article

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