Mechanism of the antimicrobial drug trimethoprim revisited

FASEB Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2519-2524

  Quinlivan, E P ^a   McPartlin, J ^a   Weir, D G ^a   Scott, J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antifolate; Dihydrofolate reductase; Folate catabolism; Folic acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4 AMINOBENZOYLGLUTAMATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; COENZYME; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0033674845     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.99-1037com     Document Type: Article

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