Lesions in teichoic acid biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus lead to a lethal gain of function in the otherwise dispensable pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4183-4189

  D'Elia, Michael A ^a   Pereira, Mark P ^a   Chung, Yu Seon ^a   Zhao, Wenjun ^b   Chau, Andrew ^b   Kenney, Teresa J ^b,d   Sulavik, Mark C ^b,e   Black, Todd A ^b   Brown, Eric D ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; POLYMER; PROTEIN TARB; PROTEIN TARD; PROTEIN TARF; PROTEIN TARH; PROTEIN TARIJ; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; LETHAL GAIN OF FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33744969363     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00197-06     Document Type: Article

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