Plasmodium falciparum: A homologue of p-aminobenzoic acid synthetase

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-158

  Triglia, Tony ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FANSIDAR; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SYNTHETASE;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032777096     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4400     Document Type: Article

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