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From Bacterial Toxin to Therapeutic Agent: The Unexpected Fate of Mycolactone
“Recognizing a surprising fact is the first step towards discovery.” This famous quote from Louis Pasteur is particularly appropriate to describe what led us to study mycolactone, a lipid toxin produced by the human pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans. M. ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer,...
Autores principales: | Ricci, Daniela, Demangel, Caroline |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10303314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37368670 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins15060369 |
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