Cell wall teichoic acid glycosylation in Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b requires gtcA, a novel, serogroup-specific gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 418-425

  Promadej, N ^a,d   Fiedler, F ^b   Cossart, P ^c   Dramsi, S ^c   Kathariou, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032959547     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.418-425.1999     Document Type: Article

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