Structural variation in the glycan strands of bacterial peptidoglycan

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-306

  Vollmer, Waldemar ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deacetylation; Glycan strand; Glycolylation; Murein; O acetylation; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

APE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA LACTAM DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCAN; LYSOZYME; MURAMIC ACID; PAT PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN DEACETYLASE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEACETYLATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LACTAMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIC ACIDS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39149102149     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2007.00088.x     Document Type: Review

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