Characterization of a Bacillus subtilis thermosensitive teichoic acid-deficient mutant: Gene mnaA (yvyH) encodes the UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 4316-4320

  Soldo, Blazenka ^a   Lazarevic, Vladimir ^a   Pooley, Harold M ^a   Karamata, Dimitri ^a  

^a Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Microbiennes Universite de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; PHOSPHATE; TEICHOIC ACID; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 2 EPIMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL STRUCTURE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036063920     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.15.4316-4320.2002     Document Type: Article

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