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Cell Wall Skeleton MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Cell Wall Skeleton
Tree Number(s)
A11.284.183.200
D09.400.430.900.186
D12.776.097.162
D12.776.395.560.186
Unique ID
D017358
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017358
Annotation
restrict to bacteria; a mucoprotein of the bact cell wall: do not confuse with CYTOSKELETON, a network within the cytoplasm; coord IM with specific bacterium /‌ultrastruct, /‌chem or other pertinent qualif
Scope Note
A mucoprotein found in the cell wall of various types of bacteria. It has adjuvant and antitumor activities and has been used to augment the production of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells.
Pharm Action
Adjuvants, Immunologic
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Mucoproteins (1976-1992)
Mycolic Acids (1976-1992)
Peptides (1974-1975)
Polysaccharides (1974-1975)
Public MeSH Note
93; CELL WALL SKELETON was indexed under MYCOLIC ACIDS & MUCOPROTEINS 1976-92 & POLYSACCHARIDES & PEPTIDES 1974-75
Online Note
use CELL WALL SKELETON (NM) to search CELL WALL SKELETON 1982-92
History Note
93; was CELL WALL SKELETON (NM) 1974-92
Date Introduced
1993/01/01
Last Updated
2023/03/16
Cell Wall Skeleton Preferred
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