Naturally occurring peptidoglycan variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 168-174

  Severin, A ^a,b   Tomasz, A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030025463     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.168-174.1996     Document Type: Article

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