Glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis validated as a drug target for African sleeping sickness.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 97 ·No. 20 ·2000-09-26 ·Pages 10673-5

Ferguson MA

Abstract

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MeSH Terms

Animals Antiprotozoal Agents/pharmacology,therapeutic use Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects Glycosylphosphatidylinositols/biosynthesis,genetics Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Trypanosomiasis, African/drug therapy,metabolism

Chemicals

Antiprotozoal Agents Glycosylphosphatidylinositols

Authors & Affiliations

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Ferguson M A

Division of Molecular Parasitology and Biological Chemistry, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, The University of Dundee, DD1 5EH Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom. m.a.j.ferguson@dundee.ac.uk

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Article Info

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Abbr.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

ISSN

0027-8424

DOI

10.1073/pnas.97.20.10673

m.a.j.ferguson@dundee.ac.uk

Published

2000-09-26

Pages

10673-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505876

PMCID

PMC34041

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