Targeting the mycobacterial envelope for tuberculosis drug development.

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Published in Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther on September 01, 2012

Authors

Lorenza Favrot1, Donald R Ronning

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.

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