Molecular basis of fosmidomycin's action on the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the deaths of more than a million people each year. Fosmidomycin has been proven to be efficient in the treatment of P. falciparum malaria by inhibiting 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR), an enzyme of the non-mev...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216497/ |