Lipophilic prodrugs of FR900098 are antimicrobial against Francisella novicida in vivo and in vitro and show GlpT independent efficacy.

Bacteria, plants, and algae produce isoprenoids through the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway, an attractive pathway for antimicrobial drug development as it is present in prokaryotes and some lower eukaryotes but absent from human cells. The first committed step of the MEP pathway is catalyz...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth S McKenney, Michelle Sargent, Hameed Khan, Eugene Uh, Emily R Jackson, Géraldine San Jose, Robin D Couch, Cynthia S Dowd, Monique L van Hoek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3471904?pdf=render