Mechanisms of drug-induced tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SN Goossens, SL Sampson… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020‏ - journals.asm.org
Successful treatment of tuberculosis (TB) can be hampered by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
populations that are temporarily able to survive antibiotic pressure in the absence of drug …

Multitalented synthetic antimicrobial peptides and their antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral mechanisms

T Vanzolini, M Bruschi, AC Rinaldi, M Magnani… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Despite the great strides in healthcare during the last century, some challenges still
remained unanswered. The development of multi-drug resistant bacteria, the alarming …

SICLOPPS cyclic peptide libraries in drug discovery

A Tavassoli - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•SICLOPPS allows the rapid generation of cyclic peptide libraries in cells.•A
variety of cyclic peptide ring sizes may be generated with SICLOPPS.•SICLOPPS libraries …

Resilience in the face of uncertainty: sigma factor B fine-tunes gene expression to support homeostasis in Gram-positive bacteria

C Guldimann, KJ Boor, M Wiedmann… - Applied and …, 2016‏ - journals.asm.org
Gram-positive bacteria are ubiquitous and diverse microorganisms that can survive and
sometimes even thrive in continuously changing environments. The key to such resilience is …

Identification of Covalent Cyclic Peptide Inhibitors Targeting Protein–Protein Interactions Using Phage Display

S Wang, FF Faucher, M Bertolini, H Kim… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Peptide macrocycles are promising therapeutics for a variety of disease indications due to
their overall metabolic stability and potential to make highly selective binding interactions …

The alternative sigma factors SigE and SigB are involved in tolerance and persistence to antitubercular drugs

D Pisu, R Provvedi, DM Espinosa… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2017‏ - journals.asm.org
The emergence and spread of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains possibly
threaten our ability to treat this disease in the future. Even though two new antitubercular …

A high-throughput system to identify inhibitors of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus transcription regulators

MJ Barnett, DE Solow-Cordero, SR Long - Proceedings of the National …, 2019‏ - pnas.org
Citrus greening disease, also known as huanglongbing (HLB), is the most devastating
disease of Citrus worldwide. This incurable disease is caused primarily by the bacterium …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial envelope stress responses: essential adaptors and attractive targets

THS Cho, K Pick, TL Raivio - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Millions of deaths a year across the globe are linked to antimicrobial resistant infections. The
need to develop new treatments and repurpose of existing antibiotics grows more pressing …

Resistance and tolerance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antimicrobial agents—How M. tuberculosis can escape antibiotics

H Li, J Yuan, S Duan, Y Pang - WIREs Mechanisms of Disease, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) poses a serious threat to public health worldwide since it was discovered.
Until now, TB has been one of the top 10 causes of death from a single infectious disease …

Recent advances in synthesis and identification of cyclic peptides for bioapplications

Y Siang Ong, L Gao, KA Kalesh, Z Yu… - Current topics in …, 2017‏ - ingentaconnect.com
Cyclic peptides, owing to their good stability, high resistance to exo-and to some extent endo-
peptidases, enhanced binding affinity and selectivity towards target biomolecules, are …