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. 1963 Mar;86(3):468–474. doi: 10.1042/bj0860468

A study of the composition and structure of the cell-wall mucopeptide of Micrococcus lysodeikticus

J W Czerkawski 1,*, H R Perkins 1,, H J Rogers 1
PMCID: PMC1201781  PMID: 14024451

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