Vitamin B metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum as a source of drug targets

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Müller, Ingrid B ^a   Hyde, John E ^b   Wrenger, Carsten ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXYXYLULOSE 5' PHOSPHATE; 2 OXOISOVALERATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); 6 HYDROXYMETHYLDIHYDROPTERIN PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; 6 PYRUVOYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN SYNTHASE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; COCARBOXYLASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEOME; PT 3; PT 5; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXAL KINASE; PYRIDOXINE; PYRIDOXYLTRYPTOPHAN METHYL ESTER DERIVATIVE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TOXOPYRIMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 2; TRANSKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN B9;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DECARBOXYLATION; DHFR GENE; DHPS GENE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; TRANSAMINATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 72149097595     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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