CARBONIC ANHYDRASE IN <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>: A USEFUL TARGET FOR ANTIMALARIAL DRUG DESIGNING AND MALARIA blocking TRANSMISSION COMPOUNDS
Carbonic anhydrase is a metalloenzyme that catalyzes the reversible conversion of CO2 to bicarbonate, an essential metabolic component used by the malaria parasites for de novo synthesis of pyrimidines and the exflagelation of gametocytes inside the mosquito vector. Carbonic anhydrase is involved in...
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Universidad de Antioquia
2010
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