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Model of the TBP-TFIIB complex from Plasmodium falciparum: interface analysis and perspectives as a new target for antimalarial design.
Archives of medical research - 1 Jan 2000
Buendía-Orozco Jacob, Guerrero Adán, Pastor Nina
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BACKGROUND: Malaria affects 200-300 million individuals per year worldwide. Plasmodium falciparum is the causative agent of the most severe and mortal type of malaria. The need for new antimalarials comes from the widespread resistance to those in current use. New antimalarial targets are required to increase chemical diversity and effectiveness of the drugs. The research for such new targets and drug chemotypes...
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