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Antimycobacterial Activity: A New Pharmacological Target for Conotoxins Found in the First Reported Conotoxin from Conasprella ximenes

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis, an airborne infectious disease that is a leading cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide. We report here the first conotoxin that is able to inhibit the growth of M. tuberculosis at a concentration similar to that of two o...

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Autores principales: Figueroa-Montiel, Andrea, Bernáldez, Johanna, Jiménez, Samanta, Ueberhide, Beatrix, González, Luis Javier, Licea-Navarro, Alexei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29360782
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins10020051