tagO is involved in the synthesis of all anionic cell-wall polymers in Bacillus subtilis 168

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2079-2087

  Soldo, Blazenka ^a   Lazarevic, Vladimir ^a   Karamata, Dimitri ^a  

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

Author keywords

Teichoic acid; Teichuronic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN TAGO; SIGMA FACTOR; TEICHOIC ACID; TEICHURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

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

EID: 0036066470     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-7-2079     Document Type: Article

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