Future chemotherapy, with emphasis on bacterial murein

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-165

  Koch, Arthur L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial wall; Lactam antibiotics; Sacculus

Indexed keywords

6 AMINOPENICILLANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CEFALORIDINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN C; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CLAVULANIC ACID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; FUTUROLOGY; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCULUS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELL WALL; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 33645084237     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2005.00032.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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