Duplication of teichoic acid biosynthetic genes in Staphylococcus aureus leads to functionally redundant poly(ribitol phosphate) polymerases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5642-5649

  Pereira, Mark P ^a   D'Elia, Michael A ^a   Troczynska, Justyna ^a   Brown, Eric D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; POLYMER; RIBITOL; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 49449086631     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00526-08     Document Type: Article

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