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SUBMITTER: Beck TN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6415315 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beck Tim N TN Lloyd Dina D Kuskovsky Rostislav R Minah Jeanette J Arora Kriti K Plotkin Balbina J BJ Green Jacalyn M JM Boshoff Helena I HI Barry Clifton C Deschamps Jeffrey J Konaklieva Monika I MI
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 20141212 3
The prevalence of drug resistance in both clinical and community settings as a consequence of alterations of biosynthetic pathways, enzymes or cell wall architecture is a persistent threat to human health. We have designed, synthesized, and tested a novel class of non-transpeptidase, β-lactamase resistant monocyclic β-lactams that carry an arylthio group at C4. These thioethers exhibit inhibitory and cidal activity against serine β-lactamase producing Mycobacterium tuberculosis wild type strain ...[more]