| Literature DB >> 31760080 |
Madhab Sapkota1, Ravi K R Marreddy2, Xiaoqian Wu2, Manish Kumar1, Julian G Hurdle3.
Abstract
Sporulation during Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) contributes to recurrent disease. Cell division and sporulation both require peptidoglycan biosynthesis. We show C. difficile growth and sporulation is attenuated by antisenses to murA and murC or the MurA inhibitor fosfomycin. Thus, targeting the early steps of peptidoglycan biosynthesis might reduce the onset of recurrent CDI.Entities:
Keywords: Antibiotic drug-targets; Heat-resistant spore cortex; Mur ligases; Peptidoglycan
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31760080 PMCID: PMC8811877 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.102129
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anaerobe ISSN: 1075-9964 Impact factor: 3.331