Genomics and antimicrobial drug discovery

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 439-446

  Moir, Donald T ^a   Shaw, Karen J ^b   Hare, Roberta S ^b   Vovis, Gerald F ^a  

^a GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); FUSIDIC ACID; GLYCOPEPTIDE; ISONIAZID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NOVOBIOCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DATA BASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032979077     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.3.439     Document Type: Short Survey

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