Tuberculosis: A balanced diet of lipids and carbohydrates

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-565

  Bhowruth, Veemal ^a   Alderwick, Luke J ^a   Brown, Alistair K ^a   Bhatt, Apoorva ^a   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan; Biosynthesis; Cell wall; Drug target; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycolic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARABINOGALACTAN; BCG VACCINE; CAPREOMYCIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CYCLOSERINE; DIAMINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LIPID; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MYCOLIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYAMINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAMYCIN; THIOAMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLAISEN CONDENSATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIPID DIET; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; CARBOHYDRATES; DIET; HUMANS; LIPIDS; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 49349108385     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0360555     Document Type: Review

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