发明名称 |
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS THAT TARGET BACTERIAL VKOR |
摘要 |
Aspects of the invention relate to a method for inhibiting the growth of a microbe that expresses bacterial vitamin K epoxide reductase (bVKOR). The method involves contacting the bacterial cell with an effective amount of an agent that inhibits bVKOR. Agents include a drug, ligand or portion thereof, protein, polypeptide, small organic molecule, antisense nucleic acid, RNAi, or antibody. Examples of useful agents are a phenylpropanoid, a modified phenylpropanoid, a coumarin or modified coumarin. A particularly useful agents is warfarin or a variant thereof or ferulenol or a variant thereof. The microbe is any microbe carrying a bVKOR gene, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
申请公布号 |
WO2010045381(A3) |
申请公布日期 |
2010.07.01 |
申请号 |
WO2009US60708 |
申请日期 |
2009.10.14 |
申请人 |
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE;BECKWITH, JONATHAN;DUTTON, RACHEL;BOYD, DANA;BERKMEN, MEHMET |
发明人 |
BECKWITH, JONATHAN;DUTTON, RACHEL;BOYD, DANA;BERKMEN, MEHMET |
分类号 |
A61K31/192;A61K31/37;A61P31/04 |
主分类号 |
A61K31/192 |
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