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) 62...