The signal molecule for β-lactamase induction in Enterobacter cloacae is the anhydromuramyl-pentapeptide

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2113-2120

  Dietz, Helgard ^a   Pfeifle, Dieter ^a   Wiedemann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; IMIPENEM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEROPENEM; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME INDUCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030802782     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.10.2113     Document Type: Article

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