Kinases as Druggable Targets in Trypanosomatid Protozoan Parasites
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Kinases as Druggable Targets in Trypanosomatid Protozoan Parasites
Parasites Christopher Merritt,‡ Lisseth E. Silva,† Angela L. Tanner,† Kenneth Stuart,‡ and Michael P. Pollastri*,† †Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 417 Egan Research Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States ‡Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 307 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, Washington 98109-5219, United States
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عنوان ژورنال: Chemical Reviews
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0009-2665,1520-6890
DOI: 10.1021/cr500197d