Trypanosomatid diseases [[electronic resource] ] : molecular routes to drug discovery / / edited by Timo Jäger, Oliver Koch, and Leopold Flohé

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (578 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.936061
• Soggetto topico: Parasitic diseases; Trypanosomatidae
• Altri autori: JägerTimo KochOliver FlohéLeopold
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Disease burden, current treatments, medical needs, and strategic approaches -- pt. 2. Metabolic peculiarities in the trypanosomatid family guiding drug discovery -- pt. 3. Validation and selection of drug targets in kinetoplasts -- pt. 4. Examples of target-based approaches and compounds under consideration.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first resource to provide researchers in academia and industry with an urgently needed update summarizing the current knowledge and possibilities for drug intervention against Trypanosomatides all in one volume. As such, it covers every aspect of the topic from basic research findings, via current treatments to translational approaches in drug development and includes both human and livestock diseases. The outstanding editor and contributor team reads like a Who?s Who of the field, thus guaranteeing the outstanding quality of this ready reference.
• Titolo autorizzato: Trypanosomatid diseases
• ISBN: 3-527-67040-8; 3-527-67038-6; 1-299-40220-8; 3-527-67039-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139046103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Drug discovery in infectious diseases ; ; v. 4.