Another brick in the wall

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 147-149

  Pavelka Jr , Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHLAMYDIA; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL WALL; CHLAMYDIA; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

CHLAMYDIAE;

EID: 34047157192     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.02.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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