Multiple mechanisms of action for inhibitors of histidine protein kinases from bacterial two-component systems

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1693-1699

  Hilliard, Jamese J ^a   Goldschmidt, Raul M ^a   Licata, Lisa ^a   Baum, Ellen Z ^a   Bush, Karen ^a  

^a R W JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RES I   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; DNA; GRAMICIDIN S; HISTIDINE PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; LEVOFLOXACIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN B; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RIFAMPICIN; RNA; SALICYLANILIDE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; TRITYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; HORSE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032807458     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.7.1693     Document Type: Article

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