Variations in the binding pocket of an inhibitor of the bacterial division protein FtsZ across genotypes and species.

The recent increase in antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria calls for new approaches to drug-target selection and drug development. Targeting the mechanisms of action of proteins involved in bacterial cell division bypasses problems associated with increasingly ineffective variants of older...

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Main Authors: Amanda Miguel, Jen Hsin, Tianyun Liu, Grace Tang, Russ B Altman, Kerwyn Casey Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004117