Lipoteichoic acid as a target for antimicrobial action

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-89

  Canepari, Pietro ^a   Boaretti, Marzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; DAPTOMYCIN; DETERGENT; DIACYLGLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; LIPOPEPTIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BOND; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029758690     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.85     Document Type: Article

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