Mapping the genome of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> on the drug-like chemical space reveals novel anti-malarial targets and potential drug leads

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The parasite Plasmodium falciparum is the main agent responsible for malaria. In this study, we exploited a recently published chemical library from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that had previously been confirmed to inhibit parasite growth of the wild type (3D7) and the multi-drug resistance (D2d) strains, in order to uncover the weak links in the proteome of the parasite. We predicted 293 proteins of P. falciparum,...

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