β-Lactamase induction and cell wall recycling in gram-negative bacteria

Drug Resistance Updates

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Wiedemann, Bernd ^a   Pfeifle, Dieter ^a   Wiegand, Irith ^a   Janas, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 0041894685     PISSN: 13687646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-7646(98)80002-2     Document Type: Review

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