Bacterial targets and antibiotics: Genome-based drug discovery

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 779-787

  Gray, Christopher P ^a   Keck, W ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; DNA microarrays; Essential genes; Genomics; Proteomics; Transcriptional analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032695731     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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