Two-enzyme systems for glycolipid and polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid synthesis in listeria monocytogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-314

  Webb, Alexander J ^a   Karatsa Dodgson, Maria ^a   Gründling, Angelika ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPERON; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 70349900174     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06829.x     Document Type: Article

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