Nuclear translocation peptides as antibiotics [1]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1118-1119

  Kobayashi, Nahoko ^a   Yamada, Yoshinao ^a   Yoshida, Tetsuhiko ^a  

^a Base Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLLYSYLLYSYLLYSYLARGINYLLYSYLVALYLARGINYLLYSYLLYSYLLYSYLARGINYLLYSYLVA LINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROLYLLYSYLLYSYLLYSYLARGINYLLYSYLVALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNALS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 33644652841     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.3.1118-1119.2006     Document Type: Letter

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