A toxin-antitoxin module as a target for antimicrobial development

Plasmid

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Lioy, Virginia S ^a   Rey, Oscar ^b   Balsa, Dolors ^b   Pellicer, Teresa ^b   Alonso, Juan C ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Laboratorios SALVAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; BRET; Molecular dynamics; Toxin antitoxin modules

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTITOXIN; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTITOXINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DRUG DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 73049085016     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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