Effect of farnesol on mevalonate pathway of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 547-549

  Kaneko, Mizuho ^a   Togashi, Naoko ^a   Hamashima, Hajime ^a   Hirohara, Masayoshi ^a   Inoue, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

farnesol; HMG CoA reductase; mevalonate pathway; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FARNESOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MEVALONIC ACID;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; FARNESOL; HUMANS; MEVALONIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80052229427     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2011.49     Document Type: Article

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