Discovery of Novel Oral Protein Synthesis Inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis That Target Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase

The recent development and spread of extensively drug-resistant and totally drug-resistant resistant (TDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis highlight the need for new antitubercular drugs. Protein synthesis inhibitors have played an important role in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) starting...

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Main Authors: Palencia, Andrés, Li, Xianfeng, Bu, Wei, Choi, Wai, Ding, Charles Z., Easom, Eric E., Feng, Lisa, Hernandez, Vincent, Houston, Paul, Liu, Liang, Meewan, Maliwan, Mohan, Manisha, Rock, Fernando L., Sexton, Holly, Zhang, Suoming, Zhou, Yasheen, Wan, Baojie, Wang, Yuehong, Franzblau, Scott G., Woolhiser, Lisa, Gruppo, Veronica, Lenaerts, Anne J., O'Malley, Theresa, Parish, Tanya, Cooper, Christopher B., Waters, M. Gerard, Ma, Zhenkun, Ioerger, Thomas R., Sacchettini, James C., Rullas, Joaquín, Angulo-Barturen, Iñigo, Pérez-Herrán, Esther, Mendoza, Alfonso, Barros, David, Cusack, Stephen, Plattner, Jacob J., Alley, M. R. K.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038265/