Molecular interaction between lipoteichoic acids and Lactobacillus delbrueckii phages depends on D-alanyl and α-glucose substitution of poly(glycerophosphate) backbones

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4135-4140

  Räisänen, Liisa ^a   Draing, Christian ^b   Pfitzenmaier, Markus ^c   Schubert, Karin ^d   Jaakonsaari, Tiina ^a   Von Aulock, Sonja ^b   Hartung, Thomas ^b,e   Alatossava, Tapani ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ALANINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; LECTIN; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; POLY(GLYCEROPHOSPHATE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST RANGE; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. LACTIS;

EID: 34249797903     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00078-07     Document Type: Article

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