• A novel antimycobacterial compound acts as an intracellular iron chelator 

      Dragset, Marte Singsås; Poce, Giovanna; Alfonso, Salvatore; Padilla-Benavides, Teresita; Ioerger, Thomas R.; Kaneko, Takushi; Sacchettini, James C.; Biava, Mariangela; Parish, Tanya; Argüello, José M.; Steigedal, Magnus; Rubin, Eric J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Efficient iron acquisition is crucial for the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycobacterial iron uptake and metabolism are therefore attractive targets for antitubercular drug development. Resistance mutations ...