para-Aminosalicylic acid is a prodrug targeting dihydrofolate reductase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Published in J Biol Chem on June 18, 2013

Authors

Jun Zheng1, Eric J Rubin, Pablo Bifani, Vanessa Mathys, Vivian Lim, Melvin Au, Jichan Jang, Jiyoun Nam, Thomas Dick, John R Walker, Kevin Pethe, Luis R Camacho

Author Affiliations

1: Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Singapore 138670. zhjunyy@hotmail.com

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