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Penicillin-binding proteins and the antibacterial effectiveness of beta-lactam antibiotics.
Reviews of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Tomasz A
Abstract excerpt
It is currently believed that both the antibacterial potency and the nature of the antibacterial effects of beta-lactam antibiotics are ultimately dependent on the inhibition (acylation) of one or more of the bacterial penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). Nevertheless, bacterial factors (e.g., autolysins) that do not directly react with the antibiotic molecule also profoundly influence the fate (inhibition of...
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