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Antimycobacterial drug discovery using Mycobacteria-infected amoebae identifies anti-infectives and new molecular targets.
Scientific reports - 2 Mar 2018
Trofimov Valentin, Kicka Sébastien, Mucaria Sabrina, Hanna Nabil, Ramon-Olayo Fernando, Del Peral Laura Vela-Gonzalez, Lelièvre Joël, Ballell Lluís, Scapozza Leonardo, Besra Gurdyal S, Cox Jonathan A G, Soldati Thierry
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Tuberculosis remains a serious threat to human health world-wide, and improved efficiency of medical treatment requires a better understanding of the pathogenesis and the discovery of new drugs. In the present study, we performed a whole-cell based screen in order to complete the characterization of 168 compounds from the GlaxoSmithKline TB-set. We have established and utilized novel previously unexplored...
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