Differential antibacterial properties of the MurA inhibitors terreic acid and fosfomycin

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 322-326

  Olesen, Sanne H ^a   Ingles, Donna J ^a   Yang, Yan ^a   Schönbrunn, Ernst ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug discovery; Flow cytometry; Natural products; Terreic acid

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FOSFOMYCIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TERREIC ACID; TRANSFERASE; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MUTATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOSFOMYCIN; MUTATION; QUINONES;

EID: 84897956826     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200617     Document Type: Article

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