Scintillation proximity assay for inhibitors of Escherichia coli MurG and, optionally, MraY

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1410-1418

  Ravishankar, Sudha ^a   Kumar, Vidya Prasanna ^a   Chandrakala, B ^a   Jha, Ramesh K ^a   Solapure, Suresh M ^a   De Sousa, Sunita M ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BAMBERMYCIN; CEFSULODIN; CEPHALOSPORIN C; MRAY ENZYME; MURG ENZYME; NISIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TRITON X 100; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION PROXIMITY ASSAY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, PAPER; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; TRANSFERASES; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

EID: 16244406806     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1410-1418.2005     Document Type: Article

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