Journal article
Antibiotics as probes of biological complexity
Abstract
Antibiotics are critical defenses in the fight against bacterial infections, but they can also be used as probes to explore basic microbiology, including cell division, stress responses and cell wall biosynthesis, and will be valuable tools in deciphering bacterial networks and complexity.
Authors
Falconer SB; Czarny TL; Brown ED
Journal
Nature Chemical Biology, Vol. 7, No. 7, pp. 415–423
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
7 2011
DOI
10.1038/nchembio.590
ISSN
1552-4450