Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains one of the most successful bacterial pathogens, claiming over 1.3 million lives worldwide in 2013. The emergence of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant isolates has prompted the need for new drugs and drug targets. M. tuberculosis possesses an unusual cell wall dominated by lipids and carbohydrates that provides a permeability barrier against hydrophilic drugs and is crucial for its survival and virulence. This large macromolecular structure, termed the mycolylarabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex, and the phosphatidyl-myo-inositol based lipoglycans are key features of the mvcobacterial cell wall. Assembly of these cell wall components is an attractive target for the development of chemotherapeutics against tuberculosis. Herein, we focus on recent biochemical and molecular insights into these complex molecules of M. tuberculosis cell wall.
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Glickman, MS
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Cox, JS
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Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Mol Biol, Boston, MA 02114 USA
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Cox, JS
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Yeshiva Univ Albert Einstein Coll Med, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Bronx, NY 10461 USAYeshiva Univ Albert Einstein Coll Med, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
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Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Sloan Kettering Inst, Program Immunol, Div Infect Dis, New York, NY 10021 USAMem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Sloan Kettering Inst, Program Immunol, Div Infect Dis, New York, NY 10021 USA
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Guerin, Marcelo E.
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Kaur, Devinder
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Kaur, Devinder
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Somashekar, B. S.
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Somashekar, B. S.
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Gibbs, Sara
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Gibbs, Sara
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Gest, Petra
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Gest, Petra
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Chatterjee, Delphi
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
Chatterjee, Delphi
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Brennan, Patrick J.
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Pathol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
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Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Mol Biol, Boston, MA 02114 USA
Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USAMassachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Mol Biol, Boston, MA 02114 USA
Hett, Erik C.
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Chao, Michael C.
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Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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Chao, Michael C.
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Rubin, Eric J.
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Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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