The murein sacculus

Prokaryotic Cell Wall Compounds: Structure and Biochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-52

  Litzinger, Silke ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-05062-6_1     Document Type: Chapter

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