Tuberculosis: feeding the enemy

Chem Biol. 2013 Aug 22;20(8):971-2. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.08.001.

Abstract

The nutrition of intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis is particularly experimentally intractable. In this issue of Chemistry and Biology, using 13C labeling with a new method of data analysis, Beste and colleagues provide direct evidence for the nutrients and pathways used by this ancient enemy of humanity.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / metabolism*
  • Carbon / metabolism*
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions*
  • Humans
  • Macrophages / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / physiology*
  • Tuberculosis / metabolism*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Carbon