A Continuum of Anionic Charge: Structures and Functions of D-Alanyl-Teichoic Acids in Gram-Positive Bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 686-723

  Neuhaus, Francis C ^a   Baddiley, James ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; CATION; DEXTRO ALANINE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; ESTER; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; GLYCOLIPID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYANION; POLYMER; RIBITOL; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEXTRO ALANYLATION; DLT OPERON; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TRANSPORT; ESTERIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ION TRANSPORT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPERON; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0347479228     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.67.4.686-723.2003     Document Type: Review

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