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teichoic acid — tei·cho·ic acid tī .kō ik n any of a class of strongly acidic polymers found in the cell walls, capsules, and membranes of all gram positive bacteria and containing residues of the phosphates of glycerol and adonitol * * * tei·cho·ic ac·id (ti… … Medical dictionary
Teichoic acid — s. It is known that teichoic acids in most cases contain d alanine residues (one per phosphodiester), making the molecule zwitterionic. These zwitterionic teichoic acids can activate the immune system, thus acting as antigen. They may also… … Wikipedia
teichoic acid — tāˈkōik , tīˈ noun Etymology: teichoic, from Greek teichos wall + English ic (I) more at dough : any of a class of strongly acidic polymers found in the cell walls, capsules, and membranes of all gram positive bacteria and containing residues of… … Useful english dictionary
teichoic acid — Acidic polymers (glycerol or ribitol linked by phosphodiester bridges) found in cell wall of Gram positive bacteria. May constitute 10 50% of wall dry weight and are cross linked to peptidoglycan. Related to lipoteichoic acid … Dictionary of molecular biology
lipoteichoic acid — lipo·tei·cho·ic ac·id (lip″o ti koґik) any of various teichoic acids (q.v.) that are covalently linked to glycolipids of the plasma membrane of gram positive bacteria. In certain bacteria, they are major antigenic determinants. Cf. wall… … Medical dictionary
Mycolic acid — Mycolic acids are long fatty acids found in the cell walls of the mycolata taxon, a group of bacteria that includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the disease tuberculosis. They form the major component of the cell wall of… … Wikipedia
Diaminopimelic acid — Diaminopimelic acid … Wikipedia
N-Acetylmuramic acid — Identifiers CAS number 10597 89 4 … Wikipedia
Cell wall — A cell wall is a tough, flexible and sometimes fairly rigid layer surrounding a cell, located external to the cell membrane, which provides the cell with structural support, protection, and acts as a filtering mechanism. A major function of the… … Wikipedia
D-alanine—poly(phosphoribitol) ligase — Identifiers EC number 6.1.1.13 CAS number 9023 65 8 … Wikipedia
