Filtration improves the performance of a high-throughput screen for anti-mycobacterial compounds.

The tendency for mycobacteria to aggregate poses a challenge for their use in microplate based assays. Good dispersions have been difficult to achieve in high-throughput screening (HTS) assays used in the search for novel antibacterial drugs to treat tuberculosis and other related diseases. Here we...

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Main Authors: Nancy Cheng, Melissa A Porter, Lloyd W Frick, Yvonne Nguyen, Jennifer D Hayden, Ellen F Young, Miriam S Braunstein, Emily A Hull-Ryde, William P Janzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008622?pdf=render