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Antibiotics : targets, mechanisms and resistance / edited by Claudio O. Gualerzi, Letizia Brandi, Attilio Fabbretti, and Cynthia L. Pon.

Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoWeinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2014].
Descriptionxxiv, 549 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorGualerzi, Claudio O., 1942-
Other author/creatorBrandi, Letizia.
Other author/creatorFabbretti, Attilio.
Other author/creatorPon, Cynthia L., 1942-
Contents A chemist's survey of different antibiotic classes -- Antibacterial discovery: problems and possibilities -- Impact of microbial natural products on antibacterial drug discovery -- Antibiotics and resistance: a fatal attraction -- Fitness costs of antibiotic resistance -- Inhibitors of cell-wall synthesis -- Inhibitors of bacetrial cell partitioning -- The membrane as a novel target site for antibiotics to kill persisting bacterial pathogens -- Bacterial membrane, a key for controlling drug influx and efflux -- Interference with bacterial cell-to-cell chemical signaling in development of new anti-infectives -- Recent developments in inhibitors of bacterial type IIA topoisomerases -- Antibiotics targeting bacterial RNA polymerase -- Inhibitors targeting riboswitches and ribozymes -- Targeting ribonuclease P -- Involvement of ribosome biogenesis in antibiotic functions, acquired resistance, and future opportunities in drug discovery -- Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors -- Antibiotics targeting translation initiation in prokaryotes -- Inhibitors of bacterial elongation factor EF-Tu -- Aminoglycoside antibiotics: structural decoding of inhibitors targeting the ribosomal decoding A site -- Reptidyltransferase inhibitors of the bacterial ribosome -- Antibiotics inhibiting the translocation step of protein elongation on the ribosome -- Antibiotics at the ribosomal exit tunnel--selected structual aspects -- Targeting HSP70 to fight cancer and bad bugs: one and the same battle?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9783527333059 (hbk., alk. paper)
ISBN3527333053 (hbk., alk. paper)

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