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D-Ala-D-lac結合は,バンコマイシンジマーがバンコマイシン耐性腸内球菌に対して高い活性を持つために必要とされません

Rishi K Jain1, Joaquim Trias, Jonathan A Ellman

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 17, 2003
PubMed
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共同的バンコマイシン二重体は,バンコマイシン耐性腸球菌 (VRE) に対して高い活性を示しています. その有効性は,Lys-d-Ala-d-Lacペプチドに結合するメカニズムを超えて,損傷した場合でも発生します.

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