Directly repeated insertion of 9-nucleotide sequence detected in penicillin-binding protein 2B gene of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1257-1259

  Yamane, Akio ^a   Nakano, Hiromi ^a   Asaht, Yasuko ^b   Ubukata, Kimiko ^b   Konno, Masatoshi ^b  

^a WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0029919709     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.5.1257     Document Type: Article

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