Antimycobacterial Activity: A New Pharmacological Target for Conotoxins Found in the First Reported Conotoxin from Conasprella ximenes

Antimycobacterial Activity: A New Pharmacological Target for Conotoxins Found in the First Reported Conotoxin from Conasprella ximenes

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis, an airborne infectious disease that is a leading cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide. We report here the first conotoxin that is able to inhibit the growth of M. tuberculosis at a concentration similar to that of two o...

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Main Authors: Andrea Figueroa-Montiel, Johanna Bernáldez, Samanta Jiménez, Beatrix Ueberhide, Luis Javier González, Alexei Licea-Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
Conasprella ximenes
mass spectrometry
EThcD
transcriptome
conotoxins
de novo sequencing
antimycobacterial
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/10/2/51

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