Screen LibraryAntibiotics：actions, origins, resistance
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ASM Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 335 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1555812546 |
| Index Number: | R978 |
| CLC: | R978.1 |
| Call Number: | R978.1/W223 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-328) and index. Antibiotics : initial concepts -- Introduction to major antibiotic classes and modes of action -- Antibiotics that act on cell wall biosynthesis -- Antibiotics that block bacterial protein biosynthesis -- Antibiotics that block DNA replication and repair : the Quinolones -- Other targets of antibacterial drugs -- Natural and producer immunity versus acquired resistance -- Enzymatic destruction or modification of the antibiotic by resistant bacteria -- Antibiotic resistance by efflux pumps -- Antibiotic resistance by replacement or modification of the antibiotic target -- Regulation of antibi |