Testing nucleoside analogues as inhibitors of Bacillus anthracis spore germination in vitro and in macrophage cell culture

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5329-5336

  Alvarez, Zadkiel ^a   Lee, Kyungae ^b   Abel Santos, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 6 CHLOROPURINE RIBOSIDE; 2 AMINOADENOSIDE; 2 AMINOPURINE RIBOSIDE; 2 BENZIMIDAZOLETHIOL; 2 MERCAPTOPYRIMIDINE; 2 METHYL MERCAPTOBENZIMIDAZOLE; 2 PYRIDINETHIOL; 2,4 DIAMINO 6 MERCAPTOPYRIMIDINE; 4 MERCAPTOPYRIDINE; 6 (GAMMA,GAMMA DIMETHYLALLYL AMINO)PURINE RIBOSIDE; 6 BENZYLTHIOINOSINE; 6 CYANOPURINE; 6 METHYLTHIOINOSINE; 6 N [(3 ETHYLACETYL)CYCLOHEXYL] ADENOSINE; 6 N BENZYLAMINOPURINE; 6 N BENZYLMETHYLADENOSINE; 6 N DIETHYLADENOSINE; 6 N DIPROPYLADENOSINE; 6 N METHYLADENOSINE; 6 N PIPERIDINEADENOSINE; 6 O METHYLGUANOSINE; 6,N DIMETHYLADENOSINE; ALLOPURINOL; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; RIBOFURANOSYL [(9H PURIN 6 YL) PIPERAZIN 1 YL]ETHANONE; RIBOFURANOSYL [(9H PURIN 6 YL)PIPIERAZIN 1 YL]ETHANONE; THIOGUANOSINE; THIOURACIL; TRITHIOCYANURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL LINE; GUANOSINE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THIONUCLEOSIDES;

EID: 78649665828     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01029-10     Document Type: Article

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