Bacterial cell wall recycling provides cytosolic muropeptides as effectors for beta-lactamase induction.

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Published in EMBO J on October 03, 1994

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C Jacobs1, L J Huang, E Bartowsky, S Normark, J T Park

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1: Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111.

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