Antimicrobial therapeutics reviews : antibiotics that target the ribosome

"This second installment of Antimicrobial Therapeutics Reviews presents scholarly reviews on several key areas in the field of antimicrobial therapeutics, including several papers on issues relating to antibiotics that target the ribosome. Topics covered include plasmid-encoded resistance deter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bush, Karen (Author)
Corporate Author: Wiley Online Library (Online service)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences , c2011
Series:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences v. 1241
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to Antimicrobial therapeutics reviews: antibiotics that target the ribosome
  • 2. On the specificity of antibiotics targeting the large ribosomal subunit
  • 3. The history of the tetracyclines
  • 4. Macrolide antibiotics in the ribosome exit tunnel: species-specific binding and action
  • 5. The oxazolidinones: past, present, and future
  • 6. Are pleuromutilin antibiotics finally fit for human use?
  • 7. Plasmid-mediated resistance to protein biosynthesis inhibitors in staphylococci
  • 8. New approaches for treating staphylococcal biofilm infections
  • 9. Antibiotics in development targeting protein synthesis
  • 10. Understanding the regulatory hurdles for antibacterial drug development in the post-Ketek world
  • 11. Appendix. Selected article reprinted from Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, volume 51: 177-181 (1948): Aureomycin: a product of the continuing search for new antibiotics