Antibacterial activity of lichen secondary metabolite usnic acid is primarily caused by inhibition of RNA and DNA synthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-62

  Maciag Dorszyńska, Monika ^a   Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^a   Guzow Krzemińska, Beata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Inhibition of bacterial growth; Lichen forming fungi; Mechanism of antibacterial activity; Radioactive precursors incorporation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; USNIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DNA; RNA;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; GROWTH INHIBITION; LETTER; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; VIBRIO HARVEYI; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZOFURANS; DNA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LICHENS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA;

EID: 84898058532     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12409     Document Type: Letter

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