A type II pathway for fatty acid biosynthesis presents drug targets in Plasmodium falciparum

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 297-301

  Waller, Ross F ^a   Ralph, Stuart A ^a   Reed, Michael B ^b   Su, Vanessa ^a   Douglas, James D ^c   Minnikin, David E ^c   Cowman, Alan F ^b   Besra, Gurdyal S ^c   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; THIOLACTOMYCIN; TRICLOSAN;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; COVALENT BOND; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THIOPHENES;

EID: 0037228888     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.1.297-301.2003     Document Type: Article

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