Screen for inhibitors of the coupled transglycosylase-transpeptidase of peptidoglycan biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1425-1432

  Ramachandran, Vasanthi ^a   Chandrakala, B ^a   Kumar, Vidya P ^a   Usha, Veeraraghavan ^a,b   Solapure, Suresh M ^a   De Sousa, Sunita M ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BAMBERMYCIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; NISIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1A; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1B; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, PAPER; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

EID: 33645759482     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1425-1432.2006     Document Type: Article

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