Designer drugs for discerning bugs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 17065-17066

  Douthwaite, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DESIGNER DRUG; ERYTHROMYCIN; MIKAMYCIN B; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METHYLATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG DESIGN; FUNGI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 78049271799     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012547107     Document Type: Note

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