| Literature DB >> 17085565 |
Agnieszka Bera1, Raja Biswas, Silvia Herbert, Emir Kulauzovic, Christopher Weidenmaier, Andreas Peschel, Friedrich Götz.
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Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan (PG) is completely resistant to the hydrolytic activity of lysozyme. Here we show that modifications in PG by O acetylation, wall teichoic acid, and a high degree of cross-linking contribute to this resistance.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17085565 PMCID: PMC1797201 DOI: 10.1128/JB.01221-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490