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Ken Hirata

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Publications

24

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1.4K

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Active since

1988

Affiliations

University of California San Diego(Current)

University of California, San Francisco

University of California San Diego Medical Center

Center for Discovery

Wake Forest University

Ken Hirata is an author at University of California San Diego specializing in life sciences, infectious diseases, and enzyme inhibition.

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Publications per year

1988–2022

24

Publications

24

A high-throughput drug screen for Entamoeba histolytica identifies a new lead and target

Anjan Debnath, Derek Parsonage, Rosa M. Andrade et al. · Nature Medicine · 2012 · 308 citations · Full text

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A Clinical-Stage Cysteine Protease Inhibitor blocks SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Human and Monkey Cells

Drake M. Mellott, Chien‐Te K. Tseng, Aleksandra Drelich et al. · ACS Chemical Biology · 2021 · 122 citations

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An unusual surface peroxiredoxin protects invasive Entamoeba histolytica from oxidant attack

Min‐Ho Choi, Dana Sajed, Leslie B. Poole et al. · Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology · 2005 · 87 citations

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Cloning of a virulence factor of Entamoeba histolytica. Pathogenic strains possess a unique cysteine proteinase gene.

Sharon L. Reed, Jacques Bouvier, Andrew Pollack et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1993 · 81 citations · Full text

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Cysteine proteinases from distinct cellular compartments are recruited to phagocytic vesicles by Entamoeba histolytica

Xuchu Que, Linda S. Brinen, Penny Sue Perkins et al. · Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology · 2002 · 77 citations

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