Specific interaction between β-lactams and soluble penicillin-binding protein 2a from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Development of a chromogenic assay

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2075-2079

  Roychoudhury, Siddhartha ^a,b   Kaiser, Raymond E ^a   Brems, David N ^a,c   Yeh, Wu Kuang ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; NITROCEFIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; DRUG PURIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IONIZATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0029815696     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.9.2075     Document Type: Article

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