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Different walls for rods and balls: the diversity of peptidoglycan

Peptidoglycan performs the essential role of resisting turgor in the cell walls of most bacteria. It determines cell shape, and its biosynthesis is the target for many important antibiotics. The fundamental chemical building blocks of peptidoglycan are conserved: repeating disaccharides cross-linked...

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Autores principales: Turner, Robert D, Vollmer, Waldemar, Foster, Simon J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24405365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12513

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