Strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance: anti-plasmid and plasmid curing

MMC Buckner, ML Ciusa… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem hindering treatment of bacterial
infections, rendering many aspects of modern medicine less effective. AMR genes (ARGs) …

Targeting RNA with small molecules

JR Thomas, PJ Hergenrother - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
The recently discovered functions of RNA dramatically expand the cellular roles for this
macromolecule. RNA can no longer be viewed as a passive element, working simply as an …

Ecology and evolution as targets: the need for novel eco-evo drugs and strategies to fight antibiotic resistance

F Baquero, TM Coque… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
In recent years, the explosive spread of antibiotic resistance determinants among
pathogenic, commensal, and environmental bacteria has reached a global dimension …

Size-specific ligands for RNA hairpin loops

JR Thomas, X Liu, PJ Hergenrother - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The targeting of one mRNA in the transcriptome requires small molecules that bind with
substantial affinity and specificity. As such, compounds with specificity for individual RNA …

Biosynthetic genes for aminoglycoside antibiotics

F Kudo, T Eguchi - The Journal of antibiotics, 2009 - nature.com
Biosynthetic studies of aminoglycoside antibiotics have progressed remarkably during the
last decade. Many biosynthetic gene clusters for aminoglycoside antibiotics including …

Plasmid interference for curing antibiotic resistance plasmids in vivo

M Kamruzzaman, S Shoma, CM Thomas… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Antibiotic resistance increases the likelihood of death from infection by common pathogens
such as Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in developed and developing countries …

A small molecule microarray platform to select RNA internal loop− ligand interactions

JL Childs-Disney, M Wu, A Pushechnikov… - ACS chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the development of a microarray platform to select RNA motif− ligand
interactions that allows simultaneous screening of both RNA and chemical space. We used …

Exposing plasmids as the Achilles' heel of drug-resistant bacteria

JJ Williams, PJ Hergenrother - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Many multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens harbor large plasmids that encode proteins
conferring resistance to antibiotics. Although the acquisition of these plasmids often enables …

Aminoglycoside antibiotics: new insights into the biosynthetic machinery of old drugs

F Kudo, T Eguchi - The Chemical Record, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Deoxystreptamine (2DOS) is the unique chemically stable aminocyclitol scaffold of clinically
important aminoglycoside antibiotics such as neomycin, kanamycin, and gentamicin, which …

Characterization and mechanistic study of a radical SAM dehydrogenase in the biosynthesis of butirosin

K Yokoyama, M Numakura, F Kudo… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
BtrN encoded in the butirosin biosynthetic gene cluster possesses a CXXXCXXC motif
conserved within the radical S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) superfamily. Its gene disruption …