In vitro antimicrobial activities of novel anilinouracils which selectively inhibit DNA polymerase III of gram-positive bacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2217-2221

  Daly, Jennifer S ^a,b   Giehl, Theodore J ^a   Brown, Neal C ^c   Zhi, Chengxin ^c,d   Wright, George E ^c,d   Ellison III, Richard T ^a,b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Dept Pharmacol and Molec Toxicol ^*  (United States)

^d GLSYNTHESIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILINOURACIL; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA POLYMERASE III; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URACIL;

EID: 0033915251     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.8.2217-2221.2000     Document Type: Article

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