Targeting the shikimate pathway in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-177

  Mcconkey, Glenn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 FLUOROSHIKIMIC ACID; SHIKIMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG TARGETING; GROWTH INHIBITION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0032904922     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.1.175     Document Type: Article

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