The structure of the cell wall peptidoglycan of Bacillus cereus RSVF1, a strain closely related to Bacillus anthracis

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-82

  Severin, Anatoly ^a   Tabei, Keiko ^b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GLUCOSAMINE; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIMERIZATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3042734799     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1076629041310082     Document Type: Article

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