Isoprenoid biosynthesis as a novel target for antibacterial and antiparasitic drugs

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-162

  Rohmer, Michel ^a   Grosdemange Billiard, Catherine ^a   Seemann, Myriam ^a   Tritsch, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Gram positive; Isopentenyl diphosphate; Isoprenoid biosynthesis; Mevalonate independent methylerythritol phosphate pathway

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; TERPENES;

EID: 3042761500     PISSN: 14724472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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