Location, synthesis and function of glycolipids and polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid in Gram-positive bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 319, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-105

  Reichmann, Nathalie T ^a   Gründling, Angelika ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Gram positive periplasm; LTA; LtaS; Protein localization

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID SYNTHASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYGLYCEROLPHOSPHATE LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FIRMICUTES; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; GLYCOLIPIDS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79956141388     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02260.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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