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Structural and kinetic analysis of Schistosoma mansoni Adenylosuccinate Lyase (SmADSL).

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Schistosoma mansoni is the parasite responsible for schistosomiasis, a disease that affects about 218 million people worldwide. Currently, both direct treatment and disease control initiatives rely on chemotherapy using a single drug, praziquantel. Concerns over the possibility of resistance developing to praziquantel, have stimulated efforts to develop new drugs for the treatment of schistosomiasis. Schistosomes do not have the de novo purine biosynthetic pathway, and instead depend entirely...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Structural Biology
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Structural Biology
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Name:
Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
Grant:
140636/2013-7
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Name:
São Paulo Research Foundation
Grant:
2012/23730-1
Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology More from this journal
Volume:
214
Pages:
27–35
Publication date:
2017-03-01
Acceptance date:
2017-03-23
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EISSN:
1872-9428
ISSN:
0166-6851
Language:
English
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uuid:42d15f09-d0fc-490d-928e-712b2a421622
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688771
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2017-07-04

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