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Penicillinase

Known as: Penicillinase [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A beta-lactamase preferentially cleaving penicillins. (Dorland, 28th ed) EC 3.5.2.-.
National Institutes of Health

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AER-I beta-LactamaseBenzylpenicillinaseCarbenicillinaseExopenicillinase
CephalosporinaseIn BloodProcess of secretionaspects of radiation effects

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beta-Lactamase

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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Construction of an excretion vector and extracellular production of human growth hormone from Escherichia coli.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Cloning of the genes for penicillinase, penP and penI, of Bacillus licheniformis in some vector plasmids and their expression in Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Bacillus licheniformis
By using plasmid pMB9, penicillinase genes (penP and penI) from both the wild-type and constitutive strains of Bacillus… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Penicillinase from Bacillus licheniformis: nucleotide sequence of the gene and implications for the biosynthesis of a secretory protein in a Gram-positive bacterium.
The gene for the penicillinase from B. licheniformis has been cloned in a functional stat on a 1.5 kb DNA fragment and its… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Lipoprotein nature of Bacillus licheniformis membrane penicillinase.
Membrane penicillinase (penicillin amido-beta-lactamhydrolase, EC 3.5.2.6) from Bacillus licheniformis bears a striking… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Penicillin Resistance and Penicillinase Production in Clinical Isolates of Bacteroides melaninogenicus
The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of penicillin and six other antimicrobials were determined for 50 clinical isolates… 
Review
1969
Review
1969
Naturally Occurring Penicillinase Plasmids in Staphylococcus aureus
A series of plasmids harbored by naturally occurring penicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were surveyed with a… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Rapid fixed-time assay for penicillinase
Many methods of assaying penicillinase activity have been devised (N. Citri and M. R. Pollock, Advan. Enzymol. 28:237, 1966; N… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Origin and function of penicillinase: a problem in biochemical evolution.
The title of this lecture is intentionally provocative. It is well known that there are many varieties of the enzyme that can… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Penicillinase-resistant Penicillins and Cephalosporins
The discovery of penicillinase-resistant penicillins is an important landmark in the history of antibacterial chemotherapy… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
The cell-bound penicillinase of Bacillus cereus.
SUMMARY: Only 30-50 % of the cell-bound penicillinase of Bacillus cereus NRRL 569 is neutralized by antiserum prepared against… 
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