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. 2016 Nov 7;26(21):R1158-R1160.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.028.

Bacterial Surfaces: The Wall that SEDS Built

Beate Henrichfreise  1 , Melanie Brunke  2 , Patrick H Viollier  3
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Bacterial Surfaces: The Wall that SEDS Built

Beate Henrichfreise et al. Curr Biol. .
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Peptidoglycan is an essential macromolecule that forms the bacterial cell wall. The recent discovery of new cell wall-polymerizing enzymes not only illuminates the basic biology and evolution of prokaryotes but also provides new targets for the development of antibacterials to combat drug-resistant pathogens.

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