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Activation of the Pro-drug Ethionamide Is Regulated in Mycobacteria
1 Sept 2000
Abstract excerpt
The anti-tuberculosis drug ethionamide (ETH), which is a structural analog of isoniazid (INH), is known to strongly inhibit mycolic acid synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although several targets have been identified for INH, only speculative information is available concerning ETH. Mutations within the promoter and the coding region of enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (InhA) were found to confer...
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