Inhibition of DNA gyrase activity by Mycobacterium smegmatis MurI

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-47

  Sengupta, Sugopa ^a   Nagaraja, Valakunja ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

DNA gyrase; Glutamate racemase; Gyrase inhibitor; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GYRASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN MURI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CATALYSIS; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RACEMIZATION; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA GYRASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 37349126709     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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