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Peptidoglycan Structure

Peptidoglycan Structure is a molecular construct that constitutes the rigid, mesh-like layer of the bacterial cell wall, distinguished by its composition of alternating N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid residues cross-linked by short peptide bridges, thereby providing structural integrity and protection against osmotic lysis.

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Mucopeptide StructureMurein Structure

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Peptidoglycan types of bacterial cell walls and their taxonomic implications.

Karl Heinz Schleifer, O. Kandler · Bacteriological Reviews · 1972 · 1.9K citations

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Structural basis for the interaction of antibiotics with the peptidyl transferase centre in eubacteria

Frank Schlünzen, Raz Zarivach, J. Harms et al. · Nature · 2001 · 1.1K citations

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<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Sortase, an Enzyme that Anchors Surface Proteins to the Cell Wall

Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Gwen Liu, Hung Ton‐That et al. · Science · 1999 · 1K citations

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Minimal structural requirements for adjuvant activity of bacterial peptidoglycan derivatives

Farielle Ellouz, Arlette Adam, R Ciorbaru et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1974 · 1K citations

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Specific Binding of Nisin to the Peptidoglycan Precursor Lipid II Combines Pore Formation and Inhibition of Cell Wall Biosynthesis for Potent Antibiotic Activity

Imke Wiedemann, Eefjan Breukink, Cindy van Kraaij et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2001 · 775 citations · Full text

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    Waldemar Vollmer

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

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    Alexander Tomasz

    Rockefeller University, United States

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    Michel Arthur

    Inserm, France

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    Dominique Mengin‐Lecreulx

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

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    Olaf Schneewind

    University of Chicago, United States

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    Cambridge, United States

    36 h-index

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    New York, United States

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  5. University of Liège

    Liège, Belgium

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    Paris, France

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    Orsay, France

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