Back to the future: A new 'old' lead for tuberculosis

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1029-1031

  Wright, Gerard D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; InhA; Pyridomycin; Resistance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KATG PROTEIN; MYCOLIC ACID; POLYKETIDE; PROTEIN INHA; PYRIDOMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOSTASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; GENE; HUMAN; INHA GENE; KATG GENE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84867055243     PISSN: 17574676     EISSN: 17574684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201201811     Document Type: Article

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