Evaluation of cysteine proteases of Plasmodium vivax as antimalarial drug targets: Sequence analysis and sensitivity to cysteine protease inhibitors

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 312-317

  Na, Byoung Kuk ^a   Kim, Tong Soo ^b   Rosenthal, Philip J ^c   Lee, Jong Koo ^d   Kong, Yoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health and Welfare   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIVAPAIN 1; VIVAPAIN 2; VIVAPAIN 3;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 8744275160     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1216-3     Document Type: Article

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