Amino acid sequence determinants of β-lactamase structure and activity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 688-703

  Huang, Wanzhi ^a   Petrosino, Joseph ^a   Hirsch, Marc ^a   Shenkin, Peter S ^b   Palzkill, Timothy ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Mutagenesis; Penicillin; Structure function; lactamase

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTROPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029962946     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0279     Document Type: Article

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