A mutation in the D,D-carboxypeptidase penicillin-binding protein 3 of Streptococcus pneumoniae contributes to cefotaxime resistance of the laboratory mutant C604

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 936-942

  Krauß, Jan ^a   Hakenbeck, Regine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CEFOTAXIME; GENE PRODUCT; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0343907268     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.5.936     Document Type: Article

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