Antibacterial properties of cationic steroid antibiotics

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Savage, Paul B ^a   Li, Chunhong ^a   Taotafa, Uale ^a   Ding, Bangwei ^a   Guan, Qunying ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiphile; Antibiotic; Cationic peptide antibiotic; Cell selectivity; Drug resistant bacterium; Membrane active; Sensitizer; Steroid

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATIONIC STEROID ANTIBIOTIC; ERYTHROMYCIN; NOVOBIOCIN; POLYMYXIN B; RIFAMPICIN; SQUALAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SELECTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SENSITIZATION; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037137245     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01036-4     Document Type: Review

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