Mechanistic Assessment of DNA Ligase as an Antibacterial Target in Staphylococcus 1 aureus 2 3 Steven
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Mechanistic Assessment of DNA Ligase as an Antibacterial Target in Staphylococcus 1 aureus 2 3 Steven D. Podos, Jane A. Thanassi, and Michael J. Pucci* 4 Achillion Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT 06511 5 6 7 Running title: DNA Ligase as an antibacterial target 8 9 *Corresponding author 10 Mailing address: 11 Achillion Pharmaceuticals 12 300 George Street 13 New Haven, CT 06511 14 Phone: (203) 624-7000 15 Fax: (203) 624-7003 16 E-mail: [email protected] 17 18 19 Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. doi:10.1128/AAC.00215-12 AAC Accepts, published online ahead of print on 14 May 2012
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