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Peptidoglycan MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Peptidoglycan
Tree Number(s)
D09.400.420.700
D09.400.430.900.800
D09.698.718.594
D12.644.233.594
D12.776.395.560.800
D23.050.161.616.594
Unique ID
D010457
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010457
Annotation
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.
Entry Term(s)
Murein
Pseudomurein
Previous Indexing
Mucopolysaccharides (1966-1970)
Polysaccharides, Bacterial (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note
73
History Note
73(71)
Date Established
1973/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2023/03/16
Peptidoglycan Preferred
Pseudomurein Narrower
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