Inhibition of gene expression and growth by antisense peptide nucleic acids in a multiresistant β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 805-811

  Kurupati, Prathiba ^a   Tan, Kevin Shyong Wei ^a   Kumarasinghe, Gamini ^b   Poh, Chit Laa ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH INHIBITION; GYRA GENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OMPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BETA-LACTAMASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAC OPERON; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33847632506     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00709-06     Document Type: Article

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