Helicases - Feasible antimalarial drug target for Plasmodium falciparum

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4699-4704

  Tuteja, Renu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

DEAD box; DNA unwinding; DNA dependent ATPase; DNA interacting compounds; Drug target; Helicase; Inhibitors; Malaria parasite; Molecular motor; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HELICASE; HELICASE 45; HELICASE 60; NUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG TARGETING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34548439061     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06000.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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