Two-component and phosphorelay signal-tranduction systems as therapeutic targets

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 507-512

  Stephenson, Keith ^a   Hoch, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GELATINASE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; HISTIDINE; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; THIOLACTONE; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG DESIGN; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036790373     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4892(02)00194-7     Document Type: Article

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