Ellipticines and 9-acridinylamines as inhibitors of D-alanine:D-alanine ligase.

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Published in Bioorg Med Chem on July 21, 2011

Authors

Blaž Vehar1, Martina Hrast, Andreja Kovač, Janez Konc, Katherine Mariner, Ian Chopra, Alex O'Neill, Dušanka Janežič, Stanislav Gobec

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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