Function of the amino sugar and N-terminal amino acid of the antibiotic vancomycin in its complexation with cell wall peptides

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 2946-2953

  Kannan, Raiamoorthi ^a   Harris, Constance M ^a   Harris, Thomas M ^a   Waltho, Jonathan P ^b   Skelton, Nicholas J ^b   Williams, Dudley H ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0023903812     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00217a042     Document Type: Article

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