Mode of action of GR122222X, a novel inhibitor of bacterial DNA gyrase

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 473-476

  Oram, Mark ^a,d   Dosanjh, Bhupinder ^b,e   Gormley, Niall A ^b   Smith, Clare V ^b   Fisher, L Mark ^a   Maxwell, Anthony ^b   Duncan, Ken ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COUMARIN; GR 122222X; GYRASE INHIBITOR; NOVOBIOCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; DNA SUPERCOILING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030053504     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.2.473     Document Type: Article

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