Penicillin-binding proteins. Wall peptidoglycan assembly and resistance to penicillin: Facts, doubts and hopes

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-60

  Ghuysen, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

catalytic mechanism; drug resistance; evolution; morphogenetic network; penicillin binding protein; peptidoglycan; polypeptide folding; serine lactamase

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL CYCLE; CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030888937     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(96)00358-5     Document Type: Article

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