mSystems (Jun 2021)

Usnic Acid Treatment Changes the Composition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell Envelope and Alters Bacterial Redox Status

  • Elwira Sieniawska,
  • Rafal Sawicki,
  • Wieslaw Truszkiewicz,
  • Andrey S. Marchev,
  • Milen I. Georgiev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00097-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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The evaluation of mechanisms of mycobacterial response to natural products has been barely studied. However, it might be helpful to reveal bacterial adaptation strategies, which are eventually crucial for the discovery of new drug targets and, hence, understanding the resistance mechanisms.