Antimycobacterial activity of cerulenin and its effects on lipid biosynthesis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-226

  Parrish, Nikki M ^b   Kuhajda, Francis P ^a   Heine, Henry S ^a   Bishai, William R ^a,b   Dick, James D ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CERULENIN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLYCOPEPTIDOLIPID; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPOGENESIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CERULENIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; LIPIDS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0033001671     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/43.2.219     Document Type: Article

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