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Alterations of murein structure and of penicillin-binding proteins in minicells from Escherichia coli.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 1994
Obermann W, Höltje J V
Abstract excerpt
Minicells, as compared with a whole cell preparation of a minA/B mutant of Escherichia coli, showed a number of changes in the structure of the murein sacculus. Minicell murein was enriched in LD-A2pm-A2pm crossbridges by about 66% and reduced in the amount of L-Ala-D-Glu dipeptide moieties by about 55%. In addition, the length distribution of the glycan strands in the murein was shifted to shorter lengths. In...
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