开发一种天然产品优化策略,用于抑制MraY的抑制剂,这是一个有前途的抗菌标

Kazuki Yamamoto1,2, Toyotaka Sato3,4,5, Aili Hao6

  • 1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan. k.yamamoto@pharm.hokudai.ac.jp.

Nature communications
|June 14, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究人员开发了一种新策略,可以快速创建和测试抑制MraY的天然产品类似物. 这种方法在体外和体内发现了有效抗药性细菌的强有力的抗菌化合物.

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