Integrated bacterial genomics for the discovery of novel antimicrobials

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 107-114

  Loferer, Hannes ^a   Jacobi, Alexander ^a   Posch, Anton ^a,b   Gauss, Christine ^a,b   Meier Ewert, Sebastian ^a   Seizinger, Bernd ^a  

^a Genome Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (Germany)

^b Toplab GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIGAND; PEPTIDE;

ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 0033998373     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6446(99)01455-5     Document Type: Review

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