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Definition of Murein

1. a type of polymer [n -S] - See also: polymer

Medical Definition of Murein

1. Cross linked peptidoglycan complex from the inner cell wall of all Eubacteria. Constitutes 50% of the cell wall in gram-negative and 10% in gram-positive organisms and comprises _(1-4) linked N acetyl glucosamine and N acetyl muramic acid extensively cross linked by peptides. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Murein

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1. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1859)
"... 302, 310; and to executions on a judgment against principal and sureties; Harrison and Givhan et al. v. murein, 6 Id. 797; Saunders and M'Laughlin v. ..."

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