Sequences of homologous β-lactamases from clinical isolates of Serratia marcescens with different substrate specificities

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 176-179

  Matsumura, Naoki ^a,b   Minami, Shinzaburo ^b   Mitsuhashi, Susumu ^a  

^a Episome Institute   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALORIDINE; CEFMENOXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE;

ARTICLE; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031962550     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.1.176     Document Type: Article

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