Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 20th, 2007
Study 1: Researchers detail in "Topology and mutational analysis of the single Emb arabinofuranosyltransferase of Corynebacterium glutamicum as a model of Emb proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis," new data in tuberculosis. "The cell wall mycolyl-arabinogalactan (AG)--peptidoglycan complex is essential in mycobacterial species, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and is the target of several antitubercular drugs. For instance, ethambutol (EMB) targets AG biosynthesis through inhibition of the arabinofuranosyltransferases Mt-EmbA and Mt-EmbB, as well as the single Emb from...
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