The pgdA gene encodes for a peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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Published in J Biol Chem on July 07, 2000

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W Vollmer1, A Tomasz

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1: Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Microbiology, New York, New York 10021, USA.

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