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  • noun medicine A thiolactone antibiotic active against mycobacteria

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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