A simple gel electrophoretic method for analyzing the muropeptide composition of bacterial peptidoglycan

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3962-3966

  Young, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 AMINO 1,3,6 NAPHTHALENETRISULFONIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; MUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0029934448     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3962-3966.1996     Document Type: Article

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