Antimalarial Activities of Novel Synthetic Cysteine Protease Inhibitors

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3810-3814

  Lee, Belinda J ^a   Singh, Ajay ^a   Chiang, Peggy ^b   Kemp, Scott J ^b   Goldman, Erick A ^b   Weinhouse, Michael I ^b   Vlasuk, George P ^b   Rosenthal, Philip J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dendreon   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA KETOAMIDE CYSTEINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MORPHOLINOCARBONYLLEUCYLHOMOPHENYLALANINE ALDEHYDE; NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDYL ALDEHYDE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALDEHYDES; AMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0344875075     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.12.3810-3814.2003     Document Type: Article

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