Alterations in PBP 1a essential for high-level penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1329-1333

  Smith, Anthony M ^a   Klugman, Keith P ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031860675     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.6.1329     Document Type: Article

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