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- noun medicine  A 
thiolactone antibiotic active againstmycobacteria  
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Slayden RA, Lee RE, Armour JW, Cooper AM, Orme IM, et al. (1996) Antimycobacterial action of thiolactomycin: an inhibitor of fatty acid and mycolic acid synthesis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009
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Mycolic acid biosynthesis is essential for mycobacterial survival and many antituberculosis drugs like isoniazid, ethionamide and thiolactomycin target enzymes of this exclusive pathway
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009
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M. smegmatis with thiolactomycin (TLM), a known inhibitor of KasA and KasB (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009
 
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