6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase: A Target for Drugs in African Trypanosomes
6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase: A Target for Drugs in African Trypanosomes
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Schiphol: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd
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English
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New drugs are urgently required for Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), a disease which has re-emerged as a major health threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. The third enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, has been shown to be a good target for drugs. The enzyme is essential to the trypanosomes that caus...
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6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase: A Target for Drugs in African Trypanosomes
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67073799
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67073799
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0929-8673
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1875-533X
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10.2174/0929867043364441
