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Imidazopyridine Compounds Inhibit Mycobacterial Growth by Depleting ATP Levels.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2018
O'Malley Theresa, Alling Torey, Early Julie V, Wescott Heather A, Kumar Anuradha, Moraski Garrett C, Miller Marvin J, Masquelin Thierry, Hipskind Philip A, Parish Tanya
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The imidazopyridines are a promising new class of antitubercular agents with potent activity in vitro and in vivo We isolated mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to a representative imidazopyridine; the mutants had large shifts (>20-fold) in MIC. Whole-genome sequencing revealed mutations in Rv1339, a hypothetical protein of unknown function. We isolated mutants resistant to three further compounds...
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