Targeting host glycolysis as a strategy for antimalarial development
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ORGANISM(S): Human Homo Sapiens
TISSUE(S): Blood
DISEASE(S): Malaria
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Julie Haines
PROVIDER: ST001864 | MetabolomicsWorkbench | Fri Jul 02 00:00:00 BST 2021
REPOSITORIES: MetabolomicsWorkbench
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