mycobacterialThymidylate:,,

Rupesh V Chikhale1, Surbhi Pravin Pawar2,3, Mahima Sudhir Kolpe2

  • 1Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, UK. R.Chikhale@ucl.ac.uk.

Molecular diversity
|August 16, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究人员确定了潜在的新药物,其向的是Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) 结核菌中的胺基酸酶 (TMK). 这些化合物表现出强烈的结合亲和力,为开发新型抗结核疗法提供了有希望的途径.

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