Volume 56, Issue 43 pp. 13184-13186
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Pseudouridimycin: The First Nucleoside Analogue That Selectively Inhibits Bacterial RNA Polymerase

Dr. Mathieu F. Chellat

Dr. Mathieu F. Chellat

Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Center for Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Einsiedlerstrasse 31, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Riedl

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Riedl

Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Center for Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Einsiedlerstrasse 31, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland

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First published: 12 September 2017
Citations: 26

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Seek, and ye shall find: After years of focusing research on synthetic antibiotics out of fear that all the useful natural ones had already been found, a novel antibacterial compound has been discovered through conventional microbial extract screening. The broad-spectrum nucleoside-analogue inhibitor pseudouridimycin is selective for bacterial RNA polymerase and elicits very low resistance rates.

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