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In vivo and in vitro patterns of the activity of simocyclinone D8, an angucyclinone antibiotic from Streptomyces antibioticus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 2009
Oppegard Lisa M, Hamann Bree L, Streck Kathryn R, Ellis Keith C, Fiedler Hans-Peter, Khodursky Arkady B, Hiasa Hiroshi
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Simocyclinone D8 (SD8) exhibits antibiotic activity against gram-positive bacteria but not against gram-negative bacteria. The molecular basis of the cytotoxicity of SD8 is not fully understood, although SD8 has been shown to inhibit the supercoiling activity of Escherichia coli gyrase. To unders...
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