Antibiotic inhibitors of organellar protein synthesis in Plasmodium falciparum

Protist

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-195

  Clough, Barbara ^a   Rangachari, Kaveri ^a   Strath, Malcolm ^a   Preiser, Peter R ^a   Wilson, R J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033180232     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70021-0     Document Type: Article

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