ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomic analysis of Mycobacterium smegmatis mutants resistant to imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4,5]tetrazines, antituberculosis drug candidates

Maslov DA1, Bekker OB1, Shur KV1, Vatlin AA1, Korotina AV2, Danilenko VN1
About authors

1 Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of RAS, Moscow

2 Laboratory of Heterocyclic Compounds, Postovsky Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ekaterinburg

Correspondence should be addressed: Dmitry A. Maslov
Gubkina 3, Moscow, 119333; moc.liamg@kisssam.d

About paper

Funding: the study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant 17-75-20060).

Acknowledgement: the authors wish to thank Natalya Mikheecheva of the Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, for her valuable comments and methodological know-how.

Received: 2018-05-30 Accepted: 2018-07-12 Published online: 2018-08-23
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Table. Characteristics of the closest homologs of M. tuberculosis proteins with the mutations that presumably confer resistance to antituberculosis drugs