Teichoic Acids, Lipoteichoic Acids and Related Cell Wall Glycopolymers of Gram-Positive Bacteria

Microbial Glycobiology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-91

  Kohler, Thomas ^a   Xia, Guoqing ^a   Kulauzovic, Emir ^a   Peschel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374546-0.00005-5     Document Type: Chapter

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