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. 1967 Mar;57(3):767–773. doi: 10.1073/pnas.57.3.767

BACITRACIN: AN INHIBITOR OF THE DEPHOSPHORYLATION OF LIPID PYROPHOSPHATE, AN INTERMEDIATE IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE PEPTIDOGLYCAN OF BACTERIAL CELL WALLS*

Gerhard Siewert 1, Jack L Strominger 1
PMCID: PMC335574  PMID: 16591529

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