Antibiotic hosts

Host-guest inclusion complexes, 262—263 antibiotic hosts, 231—233 cahxarene hosts, 228—231 chiral crown ether hosts, 213—218 cyclic oligosaccharide hosts, 218—222 cyclodextrin host selectivities, 223/ host molecular size, 221 hnear ohgosaccharide hosts, 222—228 ir- TT stacking interactions, 217 proteic hosts, 231 Human 15-hpoxygenase, 52/... 

The nutrient sparing effect of antibiotics may result from reduction or elimination of bacteria competing for consumed and available nutrients. It is also recognized that certain bacteria synthesize vitamins (qv), amino acids (qv), or proteins that may be utilized by the host animal. Support of this mode of action is found in the observed nutritional interactions with subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in animal feeds. Protein concentration and digestibiHty, and amino acid composition of consumed proteins may all influence the magnitude of response to feeding antibiotics. Positive effects appear to be largest... 

The antibiotic agents may destroy or prevent the germs or parasites, without creating any injury to the host cell, or with only minimum toxicity to the host. 

Recent studies suggested a key role for a5(31 integrin in certain bacterial invasion of human host cells leading to antibiotic resistance [5]. 

Amphotericin B, is a polyene antibiotic, used in the therapy of systemic fungal infections. Its mode of action exploits differences in membrane composition between the pathogen and the human host. Ergosterol, the predominant sterol of fungi, plants, and some protozoan parasites, interacts with Amphotericin B, resulting in an increased ion permeability of the membrane. Humans contain cholesterol, which has a low affinity for amphotericin B. 

Bacterial plasmids are small, circular, duplex DNA molecules whose natural function is to confer antibiotic resistance to the host cell. Plasmids have several properties that make them extremely useful as cloning vectors. They exist as single or multiple copies within the bacterium and replicate independently from the bacterial DNA. The complete DNA sequence of many plasmids is known hence, the precise location of restriction enzyme... 

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