Genetic analysis of SCO2997, encoding a tagf homologue, indicates a role for wall teichoic acids in sporulation of streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6080-6085

  Kleinschnitz, Eva Maria ^a   Latus, Annette ^a   Sigle, Steffen ^a   Maldener, Iris ^a   Wohlleben, Wolfgang ^a   Muth, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SCO2584 PROTEIN; SCO2997 PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; WALL TEICHOIC ACID;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 80055089295     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05782-11     Document Type: Note

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