Archibald, A. R., and Baddiley, J., The

Coley, J., Tarelli, E., Archibald, A.R. and Baddiley, J. The Linkage Between Teichoic Acid and Peptidoglycan in Bacterial Cell Walls , FEBS Letters (1918), 88, 1-9... 

Haydon, D.A. Taylor, J.M. (1963) The Stability and Properties of Bimolecular Lipid Leaflets in Aqueous Solutions , Journal of Theoretical Biology, 4, 281-96 Heckels, J.E., Archibald, A.R. Baddiley, J. (1975) Studies on the Linkage Between... 

The function of teichoic acids is still unsettled. The presence in them of highly reactive groupings, for example, aminoacyl ester, might be consistent with a function related to cell-energy relationships. However, as the reactive ester linkages are confined almost exclusively to D-alanine, and in view of the restricted location of the polymers in the cell, such a function seems rather unlikely. Similarly, there is little reason to associate their serological properties with function. It has been suggested (125) A. R. Archibald and J. Baddiley, Biochem. J., 95, 19c (1965). 

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