Identification of anti-tuberculosis agents that target the cell-division protein FtsZ

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 671-676

  Lin, Yuan ^a   Zhu, Ningyu ^b   Han, Yanxing ^a   Jiang, Jiandong ^a   Si, Shuyi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

297F; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACTERICIDE; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYDROLASE INHIBITOR; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; POLYMER; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ANTITUBERCULOSIS ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFILAMENT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL DIVISION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84921743804     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2014.89     Document Type: Article

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