title: Antibiotics present and future.
abstract: Here we make a brief survey of the present state of antibiotic research and use. We also describe a novel antibiotic that contains a basic peptide covalently bound to a morpholino oligonucleotide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: sidney.altman@yale.edu.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altman
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D050296:Microbial Viability / Q000187:drug effects; D060172:Morpholinos / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D060172:Morpholinos
keywords: Drug resistant bacteria; Malaria; RNase P