The embAB genes of Mycobacterium avium encode an arabinosyl transferase involved in cell wall arabinan biosynthesis that is the target for the antimycobacterial drug ethambutol.

Lignende værker

• Detecting Ethambutol Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in China: A Comparison Between Phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing Methods and DNA Sequencing of embAB
  af: Li, Ma-chao, et al.
  Udgivet: (2020)
• Biogenesis of the mycobacterial cell wall and the site of action of ethambutol.
  af: Mikusová, K, et al.
  Udgivet: (1995)
• The singular Corynebacterium glutamicum Emb arabinofuranosyltransferase polymerises the α(1 → 5) arabinan backbone in the early stages of cell wall arabinan biosynthesis
  af: Jankute, Monika, et al.
  Udgivet: (2018)
• The Arabinosyltransferase EmbC Is Inhibited by Ethambutol in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  af: Goude, R., et al.
  Udgivet: (2009)
• Mutations in the embC-embA Intergenic Region Contribute to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resistance to Ethambutol
  af: Cui, Zhenling, et al.
  Udgivet: (2014)