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Letter to the Editor

Searching new targets to counter drug resistance – GTPase-Obg mRNA expression analysis in Mycobacterium under stress and in silico docking with GTPase inhibitors

Vikrant KumarDepartment of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi110029, India
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Himanshu Narayan SinghSchool of Sciences, Noida International University, Gautam Budh Nagar, UP, India
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Anil Kumar TomarDepartment of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi110029, India
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Subrahamanyam DanthamDepartment of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Savita YadavDepartment of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi110029, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1804-1812 | Received 29 Mar 2016, Accepted 24 May 2016, Published online: 12 Aug 2016

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