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Isolation of the Lipid Intermediate in Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis from Escherichia coli

^a Harvard University, Biological Laboratories, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

ABSTRACT

The lipid intermediate in peptidoglycan biosynthesis was isolated from Escherichia coli strain W and characterized as C₅₅-isoprenyl-pyrophosphoryl N-acetylmuramyl(-pentapeptide)-N-acetyl-glucosamine.

¹ Present address: McCollum-Pratt Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 21218.

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