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Review
. 1999 Aug;7(8):328-33.
doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(99)01547-4.

Apicomplexan plastids as drug targets

G I McFadden  1 , D S Roos
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Apicomplexan plastids as drug targets

G I McFadden et al. Trends Microbiol. 1999 Aug.
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Abstract

Prokaryotic metabolic pathways in the relict plastid of apicomplexan parasites make this organelle a promising target for drug development. The parasiticidal activity of several herbicides and antibacterial antibiotics is suspected to be a result of their ability to inhibit key plastid activities.

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