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. 1991 May 15;276(Pt 1):269–270. doi: 10.1042/bj2760269

A standard numbering scheme for the class A beta-lactamases.

R P Ambler, A F Coulson, J M Frère, J M Ghuysen, B Joris, M Forsman, R C Levesque, G Tiraby, S G Waley
PMCID: PMC1151176  PMID: 2039479

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