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A strategy for discovery of novel broad-spectrum antibacterials using a high-throughput Streptococcus pneumoniae transcription/translation screen.
2004
Pratt, S.D., David, C.A., Black-Schaefer, C., Dandliker, P.J., Xuei, X., Warrior, U., Burns, D.J., Zhong, P., Cao, Z., Saiki, A.Y.C., Lerner, C.G., Chovan, L.E., Soni, N.B., Nilius, A.M., Wagenaar, F.L., Merta, P.J., Traphagen, L. and Beutel, B.A.
Notes: Several different sequences from a S. pneumoniae pA promoter region were cloned into the pSP-luc+ vector and screened for expression levels in in vitro transcription/translation systems. The RiboMAX™ SP6 Large Scale RNA Production System was used to transcribe luciferase encoding mRNAs. Luciferase mRNAs and plasmids were used as templates in high throughput inhibition studies in an S. pneumoniae S30 extract described in the paper as well as in Promega’s E. Coli S30 Extract System for Circular DNA and in Rabbit Reticulocyte Lysate. Promega amino acid mixtures were also used in these studies. (3227)
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