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ArticleACS infectious diseases

Permeability Barrier of Gram-Negative Cell Envelopes and Approaches To Bypass It.

Helen I Zgurskaya, Cesar A Löpez, S Gnanakaran

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Article in ACS infectious diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 256 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Helen I ZgurskayaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States.
Cesar A LöpezTheoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States.
S GnanakaranTheoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States.

Funding

Transport across two membranes by AcrAB-TolC complexR01AI052293 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN · PI ZGURSKAYA, HELEN I · 2003 to 2024
$7.7M
Transport Across Two Membranes by AcrAB-TolC ComplexR56AI052293 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · PI ZGURSKAYA, HELEN I · 2008 to 2008
$360k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052293NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI052293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gram-negative bacteria are intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics. Species that have acquired multidrug resistance and cause infections that are effectively untreatable present a serious threat to public health. The problem is broadly recognized and tackled at both the fundamental and applied levels. This paper summarizes current advances in understanding the molecular bases of the low permeability barrier of Gram-negative pathogens, which is the major obstacle in discovery and development of antibiotics effective against such pathogens. Gaps in knowledge and specific strategies to break this barrier and to achieve potent activities against difficult Gram-negative bacteria are also discussed.

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Gram-negative resistancemultidrug effluxouter membranepermeability barrier

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PMID26925460
PMCPMC4764994

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