Blocking protein folding to fight antibiotic resistance

Despoina Mavridou; R. Christopher D.  Furniss; Nikol Kaderabkova

doi:10.25250/thescbr.brk632

Blocking protein folding to fight antibiotic resistance

Authors

Despoina Mavridou University of Texas at Austin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7449-1151
R. Christopher D. Furniss https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5806-5099
Nikol Kaderabkova https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-1644

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk632

Keywords:

bacterial infection, antibiotics, resistance

Abstract

Antibiotics are the cornerstone of modern medicine, but their effectiveness is threatened by the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. Recent research has identified a new strategy with the potential to restore the effectiveness of a range of currently used antibiotics, including drugs of last resort.