The mechanism of the irreversible antimicrobial effects of penicillins: how the beta-lactam antibiotics kill and lyse bacteria

Annu Rev Microbiol. 1979:33:113-37. doi: 10.1146/annurev.mi.33.100179.000553.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Bacteriolysis*
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Drug Tolerance
  • Hydrolases / metabolism*
  • Models, Biological
  • N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase / metabolism
  • Penicillins / metabolism
  • Penicillins / pharmacology*
  • Peptidoglycan / metabolism*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Penicillins
  • Peptidoglycan
  • Hydrolases
  • N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase