The β-lactam antibiotics: Past, present, and future

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 5-19

  Demain, Arnold L ^a   Blander, Richard P ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Carbapenems; Clavams; Hydrophilic penicillins and cephalosporins; Hydrophobic penicillins; Monocyclic lactams

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG POTENCY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; RESEARCH;

ACREMONIUM CEPHALOSPORIUM; ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOSPORIUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0033051211     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001738823146     Document Type: Review

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