Antibacterial lysine analogs that target lysine riboswitches

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-49

  Blount, Kenneth F ^a   Wang, Joy Xin ^a   Lim, Jinsoo ^a   Sudarsan, Narasimhan ^a   Breaker, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSWITCH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845710324     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio842     Document Type: Article

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