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Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Bacterial > Polysaccharides, Bacterial > Peptidoglycan
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Bacterial Proteins > Antigens, Bacterial > Polysaccharides, Bacterial > Peptidoglycan
Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Polysaccharides, Bacterial > Peptidoglycan
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycopeptides > Peptidoglycan
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Glycopeptides > Peptidoglycan
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Mucoproteins > Peptidoglycan
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Mucoproteins > Peptidoglycan

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Peptidoglycan  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Murein

Note

  • coordinate with specific bacterium

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 73(71)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010457

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