Penicillin-binding proteins 2x and 2b as primary PBP targets in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-186

  Krauß, Jan ^a   Van Linden, Mark Der ^a   Grebe, Thorsten ^a   Hakenbeck, Regine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; DNA; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SERINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUOROGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030006818     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.183     Document Type: Article

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