Browsing Articles: Department of Biological Sciences by Author "Wang, Changwei"
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Advances in the development of molecular genetic tools for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Chiranjibi, Chhotaray; Yaoju, Tan; Mugweru, Julius; Islam, Md Mahmudul; Hameed, H.M. Adnan; Wang, Shuai; Lu, Zhili; Wang, Changwei; Li, Xinjie; Tan, Shouyong; Liu, Jianxiong; Zhang, Tianyu (Elsevier, 2018-07)Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a Gram-positive bacterium of great clinical relevance, is a lethal pathogen owing to its complex physiological characteristics and development of drug resistance. Several molecular genetic ... -
Mutation EthAW21R confers co-resistance to prothionamide and ethionamide in both Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
Mugweru, Julius; Liu, Jianxiong; Makafe, Gaelle; Chiwala, Gift; Wang, Bangxing; Wang, Changwei; Li, Xinjie; Tan, Yaoju; Yew, Wing Wai; Tan, Shouyong; Zhang, Tianyu (Dove Press, 2018-06)Ethionamide (ETA) and prothionamide (PRO) are interchangeably used in tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy regimens. Subtle discrepancies between biochemical and genetic information on the modes of sensitivity and resistance ...