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Meaning of mureina



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

mureina
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It is a term used in Biology and the correct form is murein, with tilde in the í. It is the name of a copolymer of sugars and amino acids that constitutes the basic structure of the wall of prokaryotes and prolophytes. It is also called peptidoglucano or peptideglycan . It can only be degraded by lysozine or muramidesa, which is found in saliva and tears.

  



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John Rene Plaut

MUREINA Layers outside the cell membrane of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. See peptidoglycan

  










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