Balance between Two Transpeptidation Mechanisms Determines the Expression of β-Lactam Resistance in Enterococcus faecium
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- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 277 (39) , 35801-35807
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m204319200
Abstract
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