A novel class of antimicrobial drugs selectively targets a Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE-PGRS protein

• Hoonhee Seo,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea, Probiotics Microbiome Convergence Center, Soonchunhyang University, Sinchang-myeon, Asan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

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• Sukyung Kim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea, Probiotics Microbiome Convergence Center, Soonchunhyang University, Sinchang-myeon, Asan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

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• Hafij Al Mahmud,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

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• Md Imtiazul Islam,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

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• Youjin Yoon,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

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• Hyun-Deuk Cho,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

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• Kung-Woo Nam,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Sinchang-myeon, Asan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

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• Jiwon Choi,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women’s University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Young Sig Gil,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation R&D Center, Kolmarpharma Co., Ltd., Jecheon-si, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea

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• Byung-Eui Lee,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Probiotics Microbiome Convergence Center, Soonchunhyang University, Sinchang-myeon, Asan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

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• Ho-Yeon Song

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: songmic@sch.ac.kr

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea, Probiotics Microbiome Convergence Center, Soonchunhyang University, Sinchang-myeon, Asan-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-1383

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