Comparison of efficacies of cysteine protease inhibitors against five strains of Plasmodium falciparum

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 949-951

  Singh, A ^a   Rosenthal, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOGUANIL; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; FALCIPAIN 2; MEFLOQUINE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035112253     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.3.949-951.2001     Document Type: Article

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