MeSH definition : A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino
acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under
osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria.;
MeSH synonym : murein;
MeSH hyponym : pseudomurein;
MeSH annotation : coord IM with specific bacterium (IM) & do not coord with POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; coordinate with specific bacterium;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptidoglycan;
A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino
acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under
osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria.