Aspartic proteases of Plasmodium falciparum and other parasitic protozoa as drug targets

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 532-537

  Coombs, Graham H ^a   Goldberg, Daniel E ^b   Klemba, Michael ^b   Berry, Colin ^c   Kay, John ^c   Mottram, Jeremy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE H; CATHEPSIN D; GASTRICSIN; NAPSIN A; PEPSIN A; PLASMEPSIN I; PLASMEPSIN II; PLASMEPSIN IV; PLASMEPSIN IX; PLASMEPSIN V; PLASMEPSIN VI; PLASMEPSIN VII; PLASMEPSIN VIII; PLASMEPSIN X; PROTEIN BACE; PROTEIN BACE2; RENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG TARGETING; EIMERIA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLAGELLATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EIMERIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0035521154     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)02037-2     Document Type: Review

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