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

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Department of Microbiology, AstraZeneca R&D Boston, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham, Massachuetts 02451, USA.

Published: January 2006

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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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.50.1.385-387.2006DOI Listing

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