Antimicrobial activities of chemically modified thiazolyl peptide antibiotic MDL 62,879 (GE2270A)

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 344-349

  Lociuro, Sergio ^a,b   Tavecchia, Paolo ^a   Marzorati, Ettore ^a   Landini, Paolo ^a,c   Goldstein, Beth P ^a,d   Denaro, Maurizio ^a,e   Ciabatti, Romeo ^a  

^a Vicuron Pharmaceuticals (formerly Biosearch Italia SpA)   (Italy)

^b GSK   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Applied Microbiology Inc   (United States)

^e AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GE 2270A; MDL 62935; PHENYLSERINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030968236     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.50.344     Document Type: Article

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