Article
Natural evolution of TEM-1 β-lactamase: experimental reconstruction and clinical relevance.
FEMS microbiology reviews - 1 Nov 2010
Salverda Merijn L M, De Visser J Arjan G M, Barlow Miriam
Abstract excerpt
TEM-1 β-lactamase is one of the most well-known antibiotic resistance determinants around. It confers resistance to penicillins and early cephalosporins and has shown an astonishing functional plasticity in response to the introduction of novel drugs derived from these antibiotics. Since its discovery in the 1960s, over 170 variants of TEM-1 - with different amino acid sequences and often resistance phenotypes -...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
