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Polymyxin

Polymyxins are antibiotics. Polymyxins B and E (also known as colistin) are used in the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections. They work mostly by breaking up the bacterial cell membrane. They are part of a broader class of molecules called nonribosomal peptides.

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Polymyxin

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples54
Avg. degree1.94
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related to Compound mixtures in Polymyxin B drug · 13
Polymyxin → B1, B1-1, B2, B3, B4, D-Phenylalanine, In, Polymyxin B1, Polymyxin B2, Polymyxins, Polymyxins B3, Similarly, The
related to Chemistry · 12
Polymyxin → DAB, During, L-DAB, L-α, N-terminus, NRPs, Paenibacillus, PKB1, Polymyxins, Seven, The, The DAB
related to Medical use · 8
Polymyxin → Another, Enterobacteriaceae, GI, Gram-positive, Polymyxins, Pseudomonas, They, Typical
related to Biosynthesis · 6
Polymyxin → C-terminal, Gram-positive, Like, NRPs, Paenibacillus, The
related to Mechanism of action · 6
Polymyxin → After, Gram-negative, However, LPS, Removal, The
related to Research · 6
Polymyxin → By, Escherichia, LPS, Minimization, Polymyxins, Shiga

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polymyxins bacterial also used membrane bacteria lps acid gram-positive paenibacillus antibiotics resistance residues chain b1 gram-negative infections cell polymyxa drug

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Paenibacillus polymyxainstance ofThey are part of a broader class of molecules called nonribosomal peptides.They are produced in nature by Gram-positive bacteria0.80text
P. polymyxa PKB1 have been observed to incorporate DAB with the Dinstance ofhowever certain strains0.80text
Paenibacillus polymyxainstance ofBiosynthesisThe polymyxins are produced by nonribosomal peptide synthetase systems in Gram-positive bacteria0.80text
Polymyxinrelated to BiosynthesisThe0.60section
Polymyxinrelated to BiosynthesisGram-positive0.60section
Polymyxinrelated to BiosynthesisPaenibacillus0.60section
Polymyxinrelated to BiosynthesisLike0.60section
Polymyxinrelated to BiosynthesisNRPs0.60section
Polymyxinrelated to BiosynthesisC-terminal0.60section
Polymyxinrelated to ChemistryPolymyxins0.60section
Polymyxinrelated to ChemistryNRPs0.60section
Polymyxinrelated to ChemistryPaenibacillus0.60section

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