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. 1962 Aug;84(2):299–303. doi: 10.1042/bj0840299

Inhibition of cell-wall-mucopeptide formation in Escherichia coli by benzylpenicillin and 6-[d(—)-α-aminophenylacetamido]penicillanic acid (ampicillin)

H J Rogers 1, J Mandelstam 1
PMCID: PMC1243665  PMID: 14038742

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