mu·re·in

(myo͝or′ē-ĭn, myo͝or′ēn′)

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murein

(ˈmjʊəriːn)

(Biochemistry) any of several polymers containing sugars and amino acids which help to make up the cell walls of certain bacteria. Also called: peptidoglycan

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References in periodicals archive

Hilpert et al [39] found that archaea were insensitive to many antibiotics that inhibit eubacteria and eukaryotes, such as those inhibiting the synthesis or cross-linkage of the peptide subunit of murein or those suppressing RNA synthesis.

Isolation and characterization of a new Methanoculleus bourgensis strain KOR-2 from the rumen of Holstein steers

Foster, "Bacterial peptidoglycan (murein) hydrolases," FEMS Microbiology Reviews, vol.

Adaptive Metabolism in Staphylococci: Survival and Persistence in Environmental and Clinical Settings

The cell wall of fungi contains chitin and ergosterol, while the cell wall of bacteria contains murein [48, 49].

Design and Biological Evaluation of Some Novel Metal Complexes derived from 1-(4-(Imidazole-1-sulfonyl)phenyl)ethanone derivative

Scherer, "C-terminal domains of Listeria monocytogenes bacteriophage murein hydrolases determine specific recognition and high-affinity binding to bacterial cell wall carbohydrates," Molecular Microbiology, vol.

Bacteriophages and Their Immunological Applications against Infectious Threats

Peptidoglycan (or murein) forms a mesh-like sacculus surrounding the cytoplasmic membrane of almost all eubacteria.

Both the transglycosylase and transpeptidase functions in plastid penicillin-binding protein are essential for plastid division in Physcomitrella patens

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