Bacterial Wall as Target for Attack: Past, Present, and Future Research

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 673-687

  Koch, Arthur L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LYSOZYME; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVOLUTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REVIEW; SACCULUS; TURGOR PRESSURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELL WALL; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; LACTAMS; RESEARCH;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0142126675     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.16.4.673-687.2003     Document Type: Review

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