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Metabolic labelling of the carbohydrate core in bacterial peptidoglycan and its applications

Bacterial cells are surrounded by a polymer known as peptidoglycan (PG), which protects the cell from changes in osmotic pressure and small molecule insults. A component of this material, N-acetyl-muramic acid (NAM), serves as a core structural element for innate immune recognition of PG fragments....

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Autores principales: Liang, Hai, DeMeester, Kristen E., Hou, Ching-Wen, Parent, Michelle A., Caplan, Jeffrey L., Grimes, Catherine L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5411481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28425464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15015