Update on drug development targeting parasite cysteine proteases

James H. McKerrow

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005850

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Update on drug development targeting parasite cysteine proteases

James H. McKerrow

* E-mail: jmckerrow@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-4627

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Update on drug development targeting parasite cysteine proteases

James H. McKerrow

Published: August 23, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005850

About the Authors

James H. McKerrow

* E-mail: jmckerrow@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-4627

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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