Letter: New antibacterial agent via photofluorination of a bacterial cell wall constituent.

Alanine/isolation & purification,pharmacology,therapeutic use Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology,therapeutic use Antimetabolites/pharmacology,therapeutic use Bacteria/analysis Bacterial Infections/drug therapy Cell Wall/analysis Escherichia coli/drug effects Fluorine/pharmacology,therapeutic use Klebsiella Infections/drug therapy Mice Photochemistry Pneumococcal Infections/drug therapy Salmonella Infections, Animal/drug therapy Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy Streptococcal Infections/drug therapy Streptococcus pneumoniae/drug effects Streptococcus pyogenes/drug effects

Anti-Bacterial Agents Antimetabolites Fluorine Alanine