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= Disease = | = Disease = | ||
''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' ''(M.tb)'' is the causative agent involved in the disease '''tuberculosis'''. Tuberculosis is a growing global health concern that has been intensified due to the increase in HIV infections | ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' ''(M.tb)'' is the causative agent involved in the disease '''tuberculosis'''. Tuberculosis is a growing global health concern that has been intensified due to the increase in HIV infections along with the increase in multi-drug resistance strains of ''(M. tb)'' <ref name="molecular studies">PMID: 20454815</ref>. Most of the drug resistance have evolved due to the intensive nature of the treatment for tuberculosis, which often goes incomplete thus resulting in drug resistant strains; therefore, the importance in identifying characteristics and residues to be exploited for new drug targets is pivotal <ref name="molecular studies"/>. | ||
== Relevance of key mutational studies to the understanding and development of new inhibitors for FadD13 == | == Relevance of key mutational studies to the understanding and development of new inhibitors for FadD13 == | ||
