Vancomycin: Conformational consequences of the sugar substituent

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2090-2099

  Grdadolnik, Simona Golic ^a,b   Pristovšek, Primoz ^a   Mierke, Dale F ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSUGAR; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HEXOSAMINES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0038527474     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9705972     Document Type: Article

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