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Preferred term

Peptidoglycan  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria.

Entry terms

  • Murein

In other languages

  • French

  • Mucocomplexe
  • Mucopeptide
  • Muréine
  • Peptidoglycanne

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-QHT2G9Q9-5

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