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Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro and during infection

The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on host fatty acids as a carbon source. However, fatty acid β-oxidation is mediated by redundant enzymes, which hampers the development of antitubercular drugs targeting this pathway. Here, we show that rv0338c, which we refer to as etfD, encodes...

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Autores principales: Beites, Tiago, Jansen, Robert S., Wang, Ruojun, Jinich, Adrian, Rhee, Kyu Y., Schnappinger, Dirk, Ehrt, Sabine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8593149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34782606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26941-1