Susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to glutamate dehydrogenase inhibitors-A possible new antimalarial target

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-155

  Aparicio, Isabela M ^a   Marín Menéndez, Alejandro ^b   Bell, Angus ^b   Engel, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant defences; Antimalarial; Enzyme inhibition; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Isophthalic acid; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE INHIBITOR; ISOPHTHALIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CATTLE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

BOVINAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77953026455     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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