Metabolism and selective toxicity of 6-nitrobenzylthioinosine in Toxoplasma gondii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2437-2443

  El Kouni, Mahmoud H ^a   Guarcello, Vincenzo ^a   Al Safarjalani, Omar N ^a   Naguib, Fardos N M ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE KINASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITROBENZYLTHIOINOSINE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HOST CELL; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032822923     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2437     Document Type: Article

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