Identification of drivers of mycobacterial resistance to peptidoglycan synthesis inhibitors

Beta-lactams have been excluded from tuberculosis therapy due to the intrinsic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to this antibiotic class, usually attributed to a potent beta-lactamase, BlaC, and to an unusually complex cell wall. In this pathogen, the peptidoglycan is cross-linked by p...

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Main Authors: Francisco Olivença, Cláudia Ferreira, Alexandra Nunes, Cátia Silveiro, Madalena Pimentel, João Paulo Gomes, Maria João Catalão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.985871/full