Antibiotics

Shows how antibiotics work on targets and offers insights into antibiotic modification and design. This book reviews strategies for finding novel antibiotics.

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This is the first comprehensive book on antibiotics since the 1981 classic by Gale et al. It focuses on the increased interest in antibiotics due to emerging bacterial diseases and resistance. It shows how antibiotics work on targets; gives new insights into antibiotic modification and design; and reviews strategies for finding novel antibiotics.