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. 1959 Aug;72(4):654–662. doi: 10.1042/bj0720654

The incorporation of amino acids into the cell-wall mucopeptide of staphylococci and the effect of antibiotics on the process

J Mandelstam 1, H J Rogers 1
PMCID: PMC1196989  PMID: 14420567

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