Defects in D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid synthesis in Streptococcus mutans results in acid sensitivity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 6055-6065

  Boyd, D A ^a   Cvitkovitch, D G ^a   Bleiweis, A S ^a   Kiriukhin, M Y ^a   Debabov, D V ^a   Neuhaus, F C ^a   Hamilton, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DEXTRO ALANYLLIPOTEICHOIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; M PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSPOSON;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DELETION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PERMEABILITY; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033763124     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.21.6055-6065.2000     Document Type: Article

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