Distribution of β-lactamases in actinomycetes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3014-3017

  Ogawara, Hiroshi ^a   Kawamura, Nao ^a   Kudo, Takuji ^b   Suzuki, Ken Ichiro ^b   Nakase, Takashi ^b  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0032761846     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.12.3014     Document Type: Article

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