ε/ζ systems: Their role in resistance, virulence, and their potential for antibiotic development

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1183-1194

  Mutschler, Hannes ^a   Meinhart, Anton ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Biochemistry; Cell death; Drug development; Drug resistance; Infectiology

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; EPSILON ANTITOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; VANCOMYCIN; ZETA TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CELL KILLING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITOXINS; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84655169530     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-011-0797-4     Document Type: Review

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