Deletion of cyp125 Confers Increased Sensitivity to Azoles in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is able to utilize cholesterol as a carbon source, and this ability is linked to its virulence in macrophages and in the mouse model of infection. The M. tuberculosis cytochrome P450 Cyp125 plays a key role in cholesterol metabolism being involved in the first steps of it...

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Main Authors: Carroll, Paul, Parish, Tanya
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510303/