Apicomplexan parasites [[electronic resource] ] : molecular approaches toward targeted drug development / / edited by Katja Becker
| Apicomplexan parasites [[electronic resource] ] : molecular approaches toward targeted drug development / / edited by Katja Becker |
| Edizione | [4th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (552 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BeckerKatja <1965-> |
| Collana | Drug discovery in infectious diseases |
| Soggetto topico |
Antiprotozoal agents
Protozoan diseases - Chemotherapy Apicomplexa Drug development |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-83537-1
3-527-63389-8 3-527-63388-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Apicomplexan Parasites: Molecular Approaches toward Targeted Drug Development; Foreword; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Part One: Screening, Bioinformatics, Chemoinformatics, and Drug Design; 1 Drug Discovery Approaches Toward Anti-Parasitic Agents; 2 New Bioinformatic Strategies Against Apicomplexan Parasites; 3 Sorting Potential Therapeutic Targets in Apicomplexa; 4 Alternatives to Drug Development in the Apicomplexa; Part Two: Metabolic Pathways and Processes Addressed by Current Drug Discovery Approaches; 5 Energy Metabolism as an Antimalarial Drug Target
6 Polyamines in Apicomplexan Parasites7 The Reducing Milieu of Parasitized Cells as a Target of Antimalarial Agents: Methylene Blue as an Ethical Drug; 8 Lipids as Drug Targets for Malaria Therapy; 9 Targeting Apicoplast Pathways in Plasmodium; 10 Lipoic Acid Acquisition and Glutathione Biosynthesis in Apicomplexan Parasites; 11 Antimalarial Drugs and Molecules Inhibiting Hemozoin Formation; 12 Exploiting the Vitamin Metabolism of Apicomplexa as Drug Targets; 13 Vitamin Biosynthetic Pathways, the PLP Synthase Complex, and the Potential for Targeting Protein-Protein Interaction 14 Targeting Prokaryotic Enzymes in the Eukaryotic Pathogen CryptosporidiumPart Three: Drug Targets in Apicomplexan Parasites; 15 Novel Apicomplexan Phosphatases and Immunophilins as Domain-Specific Drug Targets; 16 Dehydrogenases and Enzymes of the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain as Anti-Apicomplexan Drug Targets; 17 Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases as Drug Targets in Apicomplexan Parasites; 18 Protein Acylation: New Potential Targets for Intervention Against the Apicomplexa; 19 Drugs and Drug Targets in Neospora caninum and Related Apicomplexans; Part Four: Compounds 20 Subversive Substrates of Glutathione Reductases from Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Red Blood Cells as Antimalarial Agents21 Ferroquine: A Concealed Weapon; 22 Current Aspects of Endoperoxides in Antiparasitic Chemotherapy; 23 Plasmodium Hsp90 as an Antimalarial Target; 24 Drug Discovery Against Babesia and Toxoplasma; 25 Search for Drugs and Drug Targets against Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, Babesia caballi, and Babesia (Theileria) equi; 26 Orlistat: A Repositioning Opportunity as a Growth Inhibitor of Apicomplexan Parasites?; 27 Recent Drug Discovery Against Cryptosporidium; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910133641603321 |
| Weinheim, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Apicomplexan parasites : molecular approaches toward targeted drug development / / edited by Katja Becker
| Apicomplexan parasites : molecular approaches toward targeted drug development / / edited by Katja Becker |
| Edizione | [4th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (552 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BeckerKatja <1965-> |
| Collana | Drug discovery in infectious diseases |
| Soggetto topico |
Antiprotozoal agents
Protozoan diseases - Chemotherapy Apicomplexa Drug development |
| ISBN |
1-283-83537-1
3-527-63389-8 3-527-63388-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Apicomplexan Parasites: Molecular Approaches toward Targeted Drug Development; Foreword; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Part One: Screening, Bioinformatics, Chemoinformatics, and Drug Design; 1 Drug Discovery Approaches Toward Anti-Parasitic Agents; 2 New Bioinformatic Strategies Against Apicomplexan Parasites; 3 Sorting Potential Therapeutic Targets in Apicomplexa; 4 Alternatives to Drug Development in the Apicomplexa; Part Two: Metabolic Pathways and Processes Addressed by Current Drug Discovery Approaches; 5 Energy Metabolism as an Antimalarial Drug Target
6 Polyamines in Apicomplexan Parasites7 The Reducing Milieu of Parasitized Cells as a Target of Antimalarial Agents: Methylene Blue as an Ethical Drug; 8 Lipids as Drug Targets for Malaria Therapy; 9 Targeting Apicoplast Pathways in Plasmodium; 10 Lipoic Acid Acquisition and Glutathione Biosynthesis in Apicomplexan Parasites; 11 Antimalarial Drugs and Molecules Inhibiting Hemozoin Formation; 12 Exploiting the Vitamin Metabolism of Apicomplexa as Drug Targets; 13 Vitamin Biosynthetic Pathways, the PLP Synthase Complex, and the Potential for Targeting Protein-Protein Interaction 14 Targeting Prokaryotic Enzymes in the Eukaryotic Pathogen CryptosporidiumPart Three: Drug Targets in Apicomplexan Parasites; 15 Novel Apicomplexan Phosphatases and Immunophilins as Domain-Specific Drug Targets; 16 Dehydrogenases and Enzymes of the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain as Anti-Apicomplexan Drug Targets; 17 Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases as Drug Targets in Apicomplexan Parasites; 18 Protein Acylation: New Potential Targets for Intervention Against the Apicomplexa; 19 Drugs and Drug Targets in Neospora caninum and Related Apicomplexans; Part Four: Compounds 20 Subversive Substrates of Glutathione Reductases from Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Red Blood Cells as Antimalarial Agents21 Ferroquine: A Concealed Weapon; 22 Current Aspects of Endoperoxides in Antiparasitic Chemotherapy; 23 Plasmodium Hsp90 as an Antimalarial Target; 24 Drug Discovery Against Babesia and Toxoplasma; 25 Search for Drugs and Drug Targets against Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, Babesia caballi, and Babesia (Theileria) equi; 26 Orlistat: A Repositioning Opportunity as a Growth Inhibitor of Apicomplexan Parasites?; 27 Recent Drug Discovery Against Cryptosporidium; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911019999603321 |
| Weinheim, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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