The Bacillus subtilis essential gene dgkB is dispensable in mutants with defective lipoteichoic acid synthesis

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 365-376

  Matsuoka, Satoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Michihiro ^a   Kamiya, Yusuke ^a   Miyazawa, Takeshi ^a   Ishikawa, Kazuki ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Kouji ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; DgkB; Diacylglycerol kinase; Lipoteichoic acid

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DGKB GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE PRODUCT; GENE REPRESSION; LETHALITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; YFLE GENE; YFNI GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, LETHAL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84859129089     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 18805779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.86.365     Document Type: Article

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