Teichoic acids are temporal and spatial regulators of peptidoglycan cross-linking in Staphylococcus aureus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 18991-18996

  Atilano, Magda L ^a   Pereira, Pedro M ^a   Yates, James ^a   Reed, Patricia ^a   Veiga, Helena ^a   Pinho, Mariana G ^a   Filipe, Sérgio R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cell wall; Lysozyme; Penicillin binding proteins; Transpeptidases

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMER; TEICHOIC ACID;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650443576     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004304107     Document Type: Article

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