Inhibition of bacterial RNA polymerase by the cyanobacterial metabolites 12-epi-hapalindole E isonitrile and calothrixin A

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-139

  Doan, Nga Thanh ^a   Stewart, Peter R ^a   Smith, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Bioactive compound; Calothrixin; Cyanobacterium; Hapalindole

Indexed keywords

12 EPI HAPALINDOLE E ISONITRILE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALOID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CALOTHRIXIN A; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYANOBACTERIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; INDOLES; KINETICS; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISCHERELLA;

EID: 0035868463     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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