Discovery of β-lactam-resistant variants in diverse pneumococcal populations

Genome Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Hakenbeck, Regine ^a,b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RECU PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CLPL GENE; FTSL GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE POOL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; MRAW GENE; MRAY GENE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN BINDING GENE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RECU GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84908144683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-014-0072-8     Document Type: Article

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