Antibiotics and the ribosome

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1664-1677

  Tenson, Tanel ^a   Mankin, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CETHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; EVERNIMICIN; GLYCYLCYCLINE DERIVATIVE; JOSAMYCIN; KETOLIDE; MACROLIDE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PAROMOMYCIN; PLEUROMUTILIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TYGACYL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HEARING LOSS; HELICOBACTER; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PROTEOMICS; RIBOSOME; RNA BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES FRADIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RIBOSOMES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; MYCOBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES FRADIAE;

EID: 33645465733     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05063.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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