Tuberculosis drug discovery in the CRISPR era.

Stewart Cole and colleagues determined the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), in 1998 [1]. This was a landmark achievement that heralded a new age in TB drug discovery. With the genome sequence in hand, drug discoverers suddenly...

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Main Author: Jeremy Rock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007975