Penicillin-binding proteins in β-lactam-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-99

  Hakenbeck, Regine ^a   Kaminski, Kristina ^b   König, Andrea ^b   Van Der Linden, Mark ^a   Paik, Johanna ^b   Reichmann, Peter ^a   Zähner, Dorothea ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN KINASE;

HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032807093     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.91     Document Type: Review

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