Research: Cell Division in M. Tuberculosis - FtsZ
trPeter J. Tonge
Director of Infectious Disease
Research
Institute for Chemical Biology &
Drug Discovery tr
Department of Chemistry
trStony Brook University
trStony Brook, NY 11794-3400
trTel: (631) 632 7907
trEmail: peter.tonge@sunysb.edu
trAssistant: Nicole Fanelli-Burke
trTel and Fax: (631) 632 6706
trEmail: nicole.fanelli-
burke@sunysb.edu
FtsZ is a bacterial tubulin homolog that polymerizes and depolymerizes during its normal biological function. Inhibitors of FtsZ (de)polymerization have antibacterial activity and we are using biophysical methods to study this process and to drive the development of novel FtsZ inhibitors. |
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