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

January 1, 2011

DOI

10.1038/nchembio.590

ISSN

1552-4450

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Eric Brown

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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