Two-component signal transduction as a target for microbial anti- infective therapy

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1529-1536

  Barrett, John F ^a   Hoch, James A ^b  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; EXOTOXIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PD 163892; PD 164592; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VWJ 49445;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; R FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031863584     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.7.1529     Document Type: Short Survey

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