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Inactivation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85 complex by covalent, allosteric inhibitors.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Sept 2014
Favrot Lorenza, Lajiness Daniel H, Ronning Donald R
Abstract excerpt
The rise of multidrug-resistant and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis and the association with an increasing number of HIV-positive patients developing tuberculosis emphasize the necessity to find new antitubercular targets and drugs. The antigen 85 (Ag85) complex from Mycobacterium tuberculosis plays important roles in the biosynthesis of major components of the mycobacterial cell envelope. For this reason,...
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