Antimycobacterial drug discovery using Mycobacteria-infected amoebae identifies anti-infectives and new molecular targets

Abstract Tuberculosis remains a serious threat to human health world-wide, and improved efficiency of medical treatment requires a better understanding of the pathogenesis and the discovery of new drugs. In the present study, we performed a whole-cell based screen in order to complete the characteri...

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Main Authors: Valentin Trofimov, Sébastien Kicka, Sabrina Mucaria, Nabil Hanna, Fernando Ramon-Olayo, Laura Vela-Gonzalez Del Peral, Joël Lelièvre, Lluís Ballell, Leonardo Scapozza, Gurdyal S. Besra, Jonathan A. G. Cox, Thierry Soldati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22228-6