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Antibacterial agents specifically inhibiting lipopolysaccharide synthesis.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Goldman R, Kohlbrenner W, Lartey P, Pernet A
Abstract excerpt
The spread of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria has sustained a continuing search for new agents with antibacterial activity against this important class of bacterial pathogen. Because the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is unique to Gram-negative bacteria and required by them for growth and virulence, attempts have been made to discover or design antibacterial agents acting at this site;...
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