Mycobacterium13:

Maha M Alawi1, Hattan S Gattan2, Azzah S Alharbi3

  • 1Special Infectious Agents Unit-BSL3, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21362, Saudi Arabia; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21362, Saudi Arabia; Infection Control & Environmental Health Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21362, Saudi Arabia.

概括

研究人员确定了一种天然化合物,ZINC000008214766,作为Pks13-TE的潜在抑制剂,这是Mycobacterium结核病 (Mtb) 药物发现的关键目标. 这一发现提供了一个有前途的新策略来对抗耐药结核病 (TB).

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