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. 1993 Oct;37(10):2045–2053. doi: 10.1128/aac.37.10.2045

Penicillin-binding proteins and bacterial resistance to beta-lactams.

N H Georgopapadakou 1
PMCID: PMC192226  PMID: 8257121

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