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Peptidoglycan recycling contributes to outer membrane integrity and carbapenem tolerance in <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>
2021-11-23
Abstract excerpt
The Gram-negative cell envelope is an essential structure that not only protects the cell against lysis from the internal turgor, but also forms a barrier to limit entry of antibiotics. Some of our most potent bactericidal antibiotics, the β-lactams, exploit the essentiality of the cell envelope by inhibiting its biosynthesis, typically inducing lysis and rapid death. However, many Gram-negative bacteria exhibit “...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 17e46dba-0b27-5080-846c-7d0b16151531
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.11.23.469614