Wall teichoic acid polymers are dispensable for cell viability in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8313-8316

  D'Elia, Michael A ^a   Millar, Kathryn E ^a   Beveridge, Terry J ^b   Brown, Eric D ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TAGO; PROTEIN TARO; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CATALYSIS; CELL VIABILITY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS; TAGO GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; PEREIRA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33751585943     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01336-06     Document Type: Article

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