Probing Teichoic Acid Genetics with Bioactive Molecules Reveals New Interactions among Diverse Processes in Bacterial Cell Wall Biogenesis

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 548-556

  D'Elia, Michael A ^a   Millar, Kathryn E ^a   Bhavsar, Amit P ^a   Tomljenovic, Ana M ^a   Hutter, Bernd ^b   Schaab, Christoph ^b   Moreno Hagelsieb, Gabriel ^c   Brown, Eric D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GPC Biotech AG   (Germany)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOGENESIS; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 65749092724     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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