Antisense antimicrobial therapeutics.
Curr Opin Microbiol
; 33: 47-55, 2016 10.
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ABSTRACT
Antisense antimicrobial therapeutics are synthetic oligomers that silence expression of specific genes. This specificity confers an advantage over broad-spectrum antibiotics by avoiding unintended effects on commensal bacteria. The sequence-specificity and short length of antisense antimicrobials also pose little risk to human gene expression. Because antisense antimicrobials are a platform technology, they can be rapidly designed and synthesized to target almost any microbe. This reduces drug discovery time, and provides flexibility and a rational approach to drug development. Recent work has shown that antisense technology has the potential to address the antibiotic-resistance crisis, since resistance mechanisms for standard antibiotics apparently have no effect on antisense antimicrobials. Here, we describe current reports of antisense antimicrobials targeted against viruses, parasites, and bacteria.
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Enfermedades Parasitarias
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Infecciones Bacterianas
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Virosis
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Oligodesoxirribonucleótidos Antisentido
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Oligorribonucleótidos Antisentido
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Oligonucleótidos Fosforotioatos
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Curr Opin Microbiol
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
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2016
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Article