| 摘要 |
<p>An inhibitor of ycf 24 gene product expression and/or activity is used in a method of treatment of the human or animal body by therapy. In particular the inhibitor is used in a method of treatment of infection by an organism. The organism may be a malaria parasite, such as Plasmodium falciparum. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting the growth of an organism comprising contacting the organism ex vivo with an inhibitor of ycf 24 gene product expression and/or activity. The invention further provides a method of identifying a compound that inhibits the growth of an organism comprising (i) contacting a test compound with the ycf 24 gene product, and (ii) determining whether the test compound inhibits the activity of or binds to the product, any such binding or inhibition being indicative that the compound inhibits the growth of the organism.</p> |
