A Weak Spot in Multiple Protozoan Parasites.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Structure
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publication Date
- Nov 07, 2017
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1641–1643
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2017.10.003
- PMID: 29117540
- Source
- Medline
- Language
- English
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Eukaryotic protozoan parasites, including the etiological agents of malaria, toxoplasmosis, and leishmaniasis, collectively cause significant mortality in humans. In a recent issue of Structure,Jain et al. (2017) identify a set of quinazolinone-based derivatives targeting the parasitic prolyl-tRNA synthetase enzyme as promising drugs for the clearance of diverse parasites. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.