Biomimetic Facially Amphiphilic Antibacterial Oligomers with Conformationally Stiff Backbones

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-435

  Tang, Haizhong ^a   Doerksen, Robert J ^b   Jones, Ticora V ^a   Klein, Michael L ^c   Tew, Gregory N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DRUG DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33646064432     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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