Publication Date:
2014-11-27
Description:
Article Novel antimalarial drugs are urgently needed to combat parasite drug resistance. Here, Vaidya et al . describe a new chemical class of potent antimalarial compounds that act by disrupting the parasite's sodium homeostasis. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6521 Authors: Akhil B. Vaidya, Joanne M. Morrisey, Zhongsheng Zhang, Sudipta Das, Thomas M. Daly, Thomas D. Otto, Natalie J. Spillman, Matthew Wyvratt, Peter Siegl, Jutta Marfurt, Grennady Wirjanata, Boni F. Sebayang, Ric N. Price, Arnab Chatterjee, Advait Nagle, Marcin Stasiak, Susan A. Charman, Iñigo Angulo-Barturen, Santiago Ferrer, María Belén Jiménez-Díaz, María Santos Martínez, Francisco Javier Gamo, Vicky M. Avery, Andrea Ruecker, Michael Delves, Kiaran Kirk, Matthew Berriman, Sandhya Kortagere, Jeremy Burrows, Erkang Fan, Lawrence W. Bergman
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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