Targeting Plasmodium Plasmepsin V: Hitting Two Birds with One Stone

BORIS DOI
Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
31883707
Description
A recent report by Jennison et al. reveals an important role for plasmepsin V (PMV), an aspartyl protease, in the development of malaria transmission stages. The authors showed that PMV activity is critical for protein export in these stages and that specific PMV inhibitors block parasite transmission to mosquitoes
Date of Publication
2020
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
Brancucci, Nicolas M.B.
Grüring, Christof
Additional Credits
Series
Trends in parasitology
Publisher
Elsevier Current Trends
ISSN
1471-4922
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restricted
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