Indispensability of horizontally transferred genes and its impact on bacterial genome streamlining

…, G Draskovits, K Umenhoffer, G Fekete… - Molecular biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… The culture was pelleted at 5,000 g in glass Corex tubes, resuspended in distilled water,
and pelleted again at 5,000 g. After removing the supernatant, the pellets were dried for 24 h at …

Directed evolution of multiple genomic loci allows the prediction of antibiotic resistance

Á Nyerges, B Csörgő, G Draskovits… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Antibiotic development is frequently plagued by the rapid emergence of drug resistance.
However, assessing the risk of resistance development in the preclinical stage is difficult. …

Engineered ribosomal RNA operon copy-number variants of E. coli reveal the evolutionary trade-offs shaping rRNA operon number

Z Gyorfy, G Draskovits, V Vernyik… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Ribosomal RNA (rrn) operons, characteristically present in several copies in bacterial
genomes (7 in E. coli), play a central role in cellular physiology. We investigated the factors …

Genome-wide abolishment of mobile genetic elements using genome shuffling and CRISPR/Cas-assisted MAGE allows the efficient stabilization of a bacterial chassis

K Umenhoffer, G Draskovits, A Nyerges… - ACS Synthetic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The ideal bacterial chassis provides a simplified, stable and predictable host environment
for synthetic biological circuits. Mutability and evolution can, however, compromise stability, …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of antibiotic resistomes by reprogrammed bacteriophage-enabled functional metagenomics in clinical strains

…, A Gyenesei, G Draskovits, Á Nyerges, G Fekete… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Functional metagenomics is a powerful experimental tool to identify antibiotic resistance genes
(ARGs) in the environment, but the range of suitable host bacterial species is limited. This …

New N-phenylpyrrolamide DNA gyrase B inhibitors: Optimization of efficacy and antibacterial activity

…, P Tammela, T Tomašič, DB Tiz, G Draskovits… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… -O-(benzotriazol-1-yl)uronium tetrafluoroborate) in order to prepare amides 5a-g. The nitro
groups of 5a-g were reduced by catalytic hydrogenation to give amines 6a-g. Compounds 6a-…

An optimised series of substituted N-phenylpyrrolamides as DNA gyrase B inhibitors

…, LP Mašič, J Ilaš, A Zega, G Draskovits… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
… To a stirred solution of compound 2 (3.08 g, 15.7 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (5.50 g,
21.0 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (200 mL) 1-Boc-4-hydroxypiperidine (4.0 g, 19.9 mmol…

Rapid evolution of reduced susceptibility against a balanced dual-targeting antibiotic through stepping-stone mutations

P Szili, G Draskovits, T Révész, F Bogár… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
… LB) medium was used (10 g tryptone, 5 g yeast extract, 5 g sodium chloride per liter of water)…
Terrific broth (TB; 24 g yeast extract, 12 g tryptone, 9.4 g K 2 HPO 4 , and 2 g KH 2 PO 4 per …

[HTML][HTML] Rational design of balanced dual-targeting antibiotics with limited resistance

…, M Durcik, T Revesz, P Szili, G Draskovits… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… 3 g beef extract, 17.5 g acid hydrolysate of casein, and 1.5 g starch… g of BHI powder (Carl
Roth GmbH) was dissolved in 1 L of water (7.5 g pig brain infusion, 10 g pig heart infusion, 10 g

Dual Escherichia coli DNA Gyrase A and B Inhibitors with Antibacterial Activity

…, A Zega, L Peterlin Mašič, P Szili, G Draskovits… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of multidrug‐resistant bacteria is a global health threat necessitating the
discovery of new antibacterials and novel strategies for fighting bacterial infections. We report …