The frontline antibiotic vancomycin induces a zinc starvation response in bacteria by binding to Zn(II)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zarkan, Ashraf ^a   Macklyne, Heather Rose ^a   Truman, Andrew W ^b   Hesketh, Andrew R ^a,c   Hong, Hee Jeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FLUOROMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; FLUOROMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC;

EID: 84955443979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19602     Document Type: Article

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