Peptidoglycan structure and architecture

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-167

  Vollmer, Waldemar ^a   Blanot, Didier ^b   De Pedro, Miguel A ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell wall; Murein; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BIODIVERSITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39149110299     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2007.00094.x     Document Type: Review

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