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The Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor Ethoxzolamide Inhibits the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoPR Regulon and Esx-1 Secretion and Attenuates Virulence.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2015
Johnson Benjamin K, Colvin Christopher J, Needle David B, Mba Medie Felix, Champion Patricia A DiGiuseppe, Abramovitch Robert B
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis must sense and adapt to host environmental cues to establish and maintain an infection. The two-component regulatory system PhoPR plays a central role in sensing and responding to acidic pH within the macrophage and is required for M. tuberculosis intracellular replication and growth in vivo. Therefore, the isolation of compounds that inhibit PhoPR-dependent adaptation may identify new...
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