Molecular evolution of bacterial β-lactam resistance

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 937-947

  Knox, James R ^a   Moews, Paul C ^a   Frere, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

drug resistance; enzymology; penicillin antibiotics; protein ancestry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030292866     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90182-9     Document Type: Article

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