New Drugs and Drug Targets Against Apicomplexans

Current Drug Targets
Volume 8, Number 1, January 2007

New Drugs and Drug Targets for Human Diseases Caused by Apicomplexan Parasites

This theme issue of CDT brings together a number of leading experts in the field of drug (target) discovery against human apicomplexan parasites and highlights major current concepts in this field.

Table of Contents

Articles

Editorial [Hot Topic: New Drugs and Drug Targets for Human Diseases Caused by Apicomplexan Parasites (Guest Editor: Frank Seeber)] pp. 1-2(2) Author: Seeber, Frank

Isoprenoid Biosynthesis of the Apicoplast as Drug Target pp. 3-13(11) Authors: Wiesner, Jochen; Jomaa, Hassan

Fatty Acid Biosynthesis as a Drug Target in Apicomplexan Parasites pp. 15-30(16) Authors: Goodman, C. D.; McFadden, G. I.

Targeting Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Human Apicomplexan Parasites pp. 31-47(17) Author: Hyde, John E.

Mitochondrial Drug Targets in Apicomplexan Parasites pp. 49-60(12) Authors: Mather, Michael W.; Henry, Karl W.; Vaidya, Akhil B.

Targeting Invasion and Egress: From Tools to Drugs? pp. 61-74(14) Authors: Morgan, R. E.; Evans, K M.; Patterson, S.; Catti, F.; Ward, G. E.; Westwood, N. J.

Targeting Nutrient Uptake Mechanisms in Plasmodium pp. 75-88(14) Authors: Kirk, Kiaran; Saliba, Kevin J.