| Literature DB >> 18519720 |
Romanico B G Arrighi1, Charles Ebikeme, Yang Jiang, Lisa Ranford-Cartwright, Michael P Barrett, Ulo Langel, Ingrid Faye.
Abstract
Malaria and trypanosomiasis are diseases which afflict millions and for which novel therapies are urgently required. We have tested two well-characterized cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) for antiparasitic activity. One CPP, designated TP10, has broad-spectrum antiparasitic activity against Plasmodium falciparum, both blood and mosquito stages, and against blood-stage Trypanosoma brucei brucei.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18519720 PMCID: PMC2533502 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01450-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191