Mycobacterial dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors identified using chemogenomic methods and in vitro validation.

The lack of success in target-based screening approaches to the discovery of antibacterial agents has led to reemergence of phenotypic screening as a successful approach of identifying bioactive, antibacterial compounds. A challenge though with this route is then to identify the molecular target(s)...

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Main Authors: Grace Mugumbate, Katherine A Abrahams, Jonathan A G Cox, George Papadatos, Gerard van Westen, Joël Lelièvre, Szymon T Calus, Nicholas J Loman, Lluis Ballell, David Barros, John P Overington, Gurdyal S Besra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4370846?pdf=render