Formation of D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid is required for adhesion and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Abachin, Eric ^a   Poyart, Claire ^a,b   Pellegrini, Elisabeth ^a   Milohanic, Eliane ^a   Fiedler, Franz ^c   Berche, Patrick ^a   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; COLISTIN; DEXTRO ALANYL LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; NISIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LD 50; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; WILD TYPE;

ALANINE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CACO-2 CELLS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEICHOIC ACIDS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MURINAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036192372     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02723.x     Document Type: Article

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