Plasmodium and host lactate dehydrogenase molecular function and biological pathways: Implication for antimalarial drug discovery

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 280-283

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Function; Human; Lactate dehydrogenase; Plamodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34247513353     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2007.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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