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Identification of a nitroimidazo-oxazine-specific protein involved in PA-824 resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Jan 2006
Manjunatha Ujjini H, Boshoff Helena, Dowd Cynthia S, Zhang Liang, Albert Thomas J, Norton Jason E, Daniels Lacy, Dick Thomas, Pang Siew Siew, Barry Clifton E
Abstract excerpt
PA-824 is a promising new compound for the treatment of tuberculosis that is currently undergoing human trials. Like its progenitors metronidazole and CGI-17341, PA-824 is a prodrug of the nitroimidazole class, requiring bioreductive activation of an aromatic nitro group to exert an antitubercular effect. We have confirmed that resistance to PA-824 (a nitroimidazo-oxazine) and CGI-17341 (a nitroimidazo-oxazole)...
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