| Literature DB >> 11711289 |
A K Pathak1, V Pathak, J A Maddry, W J Suling, S S Gurcha, G S Besra, R C Reynolds.
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The appearance multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) throughout the world has prompted a search for new, safer and more active agents against tuberculosis. Based on studies of the biosynthesis of mycobacterial cell wall polysaccharides, octyl 5-O-(alpha-D-arabinofuranosyl)-alpha-D-arabinofuranoside analogues were synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors for M. tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium. A cell free assay system has been used for the evaluation of these disaccharides as substrates for mycobacterial arabinosyltransferase activity.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11711289 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(01)00180-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem ISSN: 0968-0896 Impact factor: 3.641