Dual Plasmepsin-Targeting Antimalarial Agents Disrupt Multiple Stages of the Malaria Parasite Life Cycle
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell Host & Microbe
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1931-3128
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.02.005