Synthetic lethal compound combinations reveal a fundamental connection between wall teichoic acid and peptidoglycan biosyntheses in staphylococcus aureus

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-116

  Campbell, Jennifer ^a   Singh, Atul K ^a,b   Santa Maria, John P ^a   Kim, Younghoon ^c   Brown, Stephanie ^a   Swoboda, Jonathan G ^a   Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^c   Wilkinson, Brian J ^b   Walker, Suzanne ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PBP2A ENZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CELL WALL; COLOCASIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TUNICAMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78751698595     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb100269f     Document Type: Article

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