Iron regulation in tuberculosis research: Promise and challenges

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1723-1731

  Sharma, A K ^a,c   Naithani, R ^b   Kumar, V ^c   Sandhu, S S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug targets; Iron modulation; Iron regulation; Iron sulfur cluster proteins; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DRUG TARGETING; IRON METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955700930     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986711795471301     Document Type: Article

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