A brief history of antibiotics and select advances in their synthesis

KC Nicolaou, S Rigol - The Journal of antibiotics, 2018 - nature.com
The advent of modern antibiotics contributed enormously to the dramatic extension of
human lifespan since their discovery by virtue of their lethal and selective action against …

Heterogeneity and specialized functions of translation machinery: from genes to organisms

NR Genuth, M Barna - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Regulation of mRNA translation offers the opportunity to diversify the expression and
abundance of proteins made from individual gene products in cells, tissues and organisms …

Increased fidelity of protein synthesis extends lifespan

VE Martinez-Miguel, C Lujan, T Espie… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Loss of proteostasis is a fundamental process driving aging. Proteostasis is affected by the
accuracy of translation, yet the physiological consequence of having fewer protein synthesis …

Molecular Targets Related Drug Resistance Mechanisms in MDR-, XDR-, and TDR-Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains

HMA Hameed, MM Islam, C Chhotaray… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a formidable infectious disease that remains a major cause of death
worldwide today. Escalating application of genomic techniques has expedited the …

Evaluation of Genetic Mutations Associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resistance to Amikacin, Kanamycin and Capreomycin: A Systematic Review

SB Georghiou, M Magana, RS Garfein, DG Catanzaro… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Rapid molecular diagnostics for detecting multidrug-resistant and extensively
drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB) primarily identify mutations in Mycobacterium …

Streptomycin sulfate–loaded niosomes enables increased antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activities

M Mansouri, N Khayam, E Jamshidifar… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
One of the antibiotics used to treat infections is streptomycin sulfate that inhibits both Gram-
negative and-positive bacteria. Nanoparticles are suitable carriers for the direct delivery and …

Evolutionary shift toward protein-based architecture in trypanosomal mitochondrial ribosomes

DJF Ramrath, M Niemann, M Leibundgut, P Bieri… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Ribosomes are universally conserved assemblies composed of ribosomal
RNA (rRNA) and proteins, where rRNA plays key structural and functional roles. Despite …

Use antibiotics in cell culture with caution: genome-wide identification of antibiotic-induced changes in gene expression and regulation

AH Ryu, WL Eckalbar, A Kreimer, N Yosef, N Ahituv - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Standard cell culture guidelines often use media supplemented with antibiotics to prevent
cell contamination. However, relatively little is known about the effect of antibiotic use in cell …

Helicobacter pylori and Antibiotic Resistance, A Continuing and Intractable Problem

Y Hu, M Zhang, B Lu, J Dai - Helicobacter, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Helicobacter pylori, a human pathogen with a high global prevalence, is the causative
pathogen for multiple gastrointestinal diseases, especially chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers …

A perspective on the trends and challenges facing porphyrin‐based anti‐microbial materials

L Jiang, CRR Gan, J Gao, XJ Loh - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of multidrug resistant bacterium threatens to unravel global healthcare
systems, built up over centuries of medical research and development. Current antibiotics …