Drug discovery and development for neglected parasitic diseases.

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Published in Nat Chem Biol on December 01, 2006

Authors

Adam R Renslo1, James H McKerrow

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Small Molecule Discovery Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.

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