Structural and mechanistic basis of penicillin-binding protein inhibition by lactivicins.
Beta-lactam antibiotics, including penicillins and cephalosporins, inhibit penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), which are essential for bacterial cell wall biogenesis. Pathogenic bacteria have evolved efficient antibiotic resistance mechanisms that, in Gram-positive bacteria, include mutations to PBP...
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Aineistotyyppi: | Journal article |
Kieli: | English |
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2007
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