Flux balance analysis of mycolic Acid pathway: targets for anti-tubercular drugs.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the focus of several investigations for design of newer drugs, as tuberculosis remains a major epidemic despite the availability of several drugs and a vaccine. Mycobacteria owe many of their unique qualities to mycolic acids, which are known to be important for their g...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010046