Antibiotics and resistance: the two-sided coin of the mycobacterial cell wall
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, is the global leading cause of mortality from an infectious agent. Part of this success relies on the unique cell wall, which consists of a thick waxy coat with tightly packed layers of complexed sugars, lipids and peptides. Thi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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| Series: | The Cell Surface |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468233020300116 |