Teixobactin kills bacteria by a two-pronged attack on the cell envelope

Antibiotics that use novel mechanisms are needed to combat antimicrobial resistance(1–3). Teixobactin(4) represents a new class of antibiotics with a unique chemical scaffold and lack of detectable resistance. Teixobactin targets lipid II, a precursor of peptidoglycan(5). Here we unravel the mechani...

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Autores principales: Shukla, Rhythm, Lavore, Francesca, Maity, Sourav, Derks, Maik G. N., Jones, Chelsea R., Vermeulen, Bram J. A., Melcrová, Adéla, Morris, Michael A., Becker, Lea Marie, Wang, Xiaoqi, Kumar, Raj, Medeiros-Silva, João, van Beekveld, Roy A. M., Bonvin, Alexandre M. J. J., Lorent, Joseph H., Lelli, Moreno, Nowick, James S., MacGillavry, Harold D., Peoples, Aaron J., Spoering, Amy L., Ling, Losee L., Hughes, Dallas E., Roos, Wouter H., Breukink, Eefjan, Lewis, Kim, Weingarth, Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9365693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35922513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05019-y

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