Ribosome-targeting antibiotics and mechanisms of bacterial resistance

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-48

  Wilson, Daniel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; BLASTICIDIN S; CAPREOMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; EDEINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EVERNIMICIN; FUSIDIC ACID; KASUGAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MOCIMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PAROMOMYCIN; PUROMYCIN; QUINUPRISTIN; SPARSOMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TELITHROMYCIN; THERMORUBIN; THIOSTREPTON; TIAMULIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG TARGETING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; IN VITRO STUDY; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; START CODON; THERMOACTINOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 84890445788     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3155     Document Type: Review

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