Mechanism of Action of Penicillins: A Proposal Based on Their Structural Similarity to Acyl-D-Alanyl-D-Alanine.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America- United States

doi 10.1073/pnas.54.4.1133

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October 1, 1965

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J. L. Strominger

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