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Mechanism of action of penicillins: a proposal based on their structural similarity to acyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 54 ·No. 4 ·1965-10-00 ·Pages 1133-41

Tipper DJ, Strominger JL

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MeSH Terms
Alanine Amides Bacitracin/pharmacology Bacteria Chemistry, Organic Disaccharides Glycine Glycoproteins/biosynthesis In Vitro Techniques Lysine Models, Theoretical Organic Chemistry Phenomena Penicillins/pharmacology Streptococcus
Chemicals
Amides Disaccharides Glycoproteins Penicillins Bacitracin Lysine Alanine Glycine
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Tipper D J
Strominger J L
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.54.4.1133
Published
1965-10-00
Pages
1133-41
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC219812
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.54.4.1133 PMC Full Text View journal details
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