Usually means: Structural component of bacterial cell walls.
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  1. murein: Merriam-Webster
  2. murein: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. murein: Collins English Dictionary
  4. murein: Wiktionary
  5. murein: Dictionary.com
  6. Murein: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. murein: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. murein: Encyclopedia

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  1. murein: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. murein: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  peptidoglycan, mucopeptide

Similar:
mucopeptide, pseudomurein, muropeptide, mucoprotein, mucocomplex, phosphopeptidomannan, mucosubstance, mucin, meuropeptide, peptidoglycan, more...

Opposite:
non-murein, amurein, unmurein

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Similar:
mucopeptide, pseudomurein, muropeptide, mucoprotein, mucocomplex, phosphopeptidomannan, mucosubstance, mucin, meuropeptide, peptidoglycan, more...

Opposite:
non-murein, amurein, unmurein



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