Development of Small-Molecule Trypanosoma brucei N-Myristoyltransferase Inhibitors: Discovery and Optimisation of a Novel Binding Mode.

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Published in ChemMedChem on September 23, 2015

Authors

Daniel Spinks1, Victoria Smith1, Stephen Thompson1, David A Robinson1, Torsten Luksch1, Alasdair Smith1, Leah S Torrie1, Stuart McElroy1, Laste Stojanovski1, Suzanne Norval1, Iain T Collie1, Irene Hallyburton1, Bhavya Rao1, Stephen Brand1, Ruth Brenk1, Julie A Frearson1, Kevin D Read1, Paul G Wyatt1, Ian H Gilbert2

Author Affiliations

1: Drug Discovery Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Sir James Black Centre, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
2: Drug Discovery Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Sir James Black Centre, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK. i.h.gilbert@dundee.ac.uk.

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