Microcin C: Biosynthesis and mechanisms of bacterial resistance

Future Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-289

  Severinov, Konstantin ^a,b,c,d   Nair, Satish K ^e,f  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

acetyltransferase; aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; microcin C; Trojan horse inhibitors

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MICROCIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG UPTAKE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TOXICITY;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROTEOLYSIS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

EID: 84856885135     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.11.148     Document Type: Review

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