γ-lactam analogues of β-lactam antibiotics

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 1-24

  Baldwin, Jack E ^a   Lynch, Gregory P ^a   Pitlik, Janos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; GAMMA LACTAM DERIVATIVE; LACTIVICIN; LACTIVICIN DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIBIOTICS, LACTAM; BACTERIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 0026031407     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.44.1     Document Type: Article

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