The Mycobacterial Membrane: A Novel Target Space for Anti-tubercular Drugs

The Mycobacterial Membrane: A Novel Target Space for Anti-tubercular Drugs

Tuberculosis (TB) poses an enduring threat to global health. Consistently ranked among the top 10 causes of death worldwide since 2000, TB has now exceeded HIV-AIDS in terms of deaths inflicted by a single infectious agent. In spite of recently declining TB incident rates, these decreases have been...

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Main Authors: Huan Chen, Samuel A. Nyantakyi, Ming Li, Pooja Gopal, Dinah B. Aziz, Tianming Yang, Wilfried Moreira, Martin Gengenbacher, Thomas Dick, Mei L. Go
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
tuberculosis
mycobacterial membrane
drug target
membrane perturbation
cationic amphiphilic indoles
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01627/full

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