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Bacterial cell walls and membranes. Discovery of the teichoic acids
Author(s) -
Baddiley James
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950100607
Subject(s) - teichoic acid , cell wall , membrane , bacterial cell structure , nucleotide , bacteria , lipoteichoic acid , cell envelope , biochemistry , biology , amino acid , chemistry , peptidoglycan , genetics , escherichia coli , staphylococcus aureus , gene
Teichoic acids are major wall components of most Gram‐positive bacteria. Their discovery followed that of their nucleotide precursors. Lipoteichoic acids associated with the cell membrane were discovered at the same time. Events leading to these discoveries and the probable function of teichoic acids in cation control are described.