IMP

Iain S Macpherson1, Sivapriya Kirubakaran, Suresh Kumar Gorla

  • 1Departments of Biology, Brandeis University, MS009, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA.

まとめ

Cryptosporidium parvumの感染に対する効果的な治療法は存在しない. 研究者は,寄生虫のIMPDH酵素の結晶構造を決定し,潜在的な薬物治療のための高度選択的阻害剤の開発を可能にしました.

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