Different modes of action of naphthyridones in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

نویسندگان

  • Ed T Buurman
  • Kenneth D Johnson
  • Roxanne K Kelly
  • Kathy MacCormack
چکیده

Naphthyridones that were recently described as a class of translation inhibitors in gram-positive bacteria mediate their mode of action via GyrA in Haemophilus influenzae and Escherichia coli. These are the first examples of compounds in which modes of action in different bacterial pathogens are mediated through widely different targets.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

دوره 50 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006