The pentaglycine bridges of Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan are essential for cell integrity

Bacterial cells are surrounded by cell wall, whose main component is peptidoglycan (PG), a macromolecule that withstands the internal turgor of the cell. PG composition can vary considerably between species. The Gram-positive pathogen Staphylococcus aureus possesses highly crosslinked PG due to the...

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Autores principales: Monteiro, João M., Covas, Gonçalo, Rausch, Daniela, Filipe, Sérgio R., Schneider, Tanja, Sahl, Hans-Georg, Pinho, Mariana G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30899062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41461-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30899062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41461-1

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