Role of the group B antigen of Streptococcus agalactiae: A peptidoglycan-anchored polysaccharide involved in cell wall biogenesis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Caliot, Élise ^a,b   Dramsi, Shaynoor ^a,b   Chapot Chartier, Marie Pierre ^c   Courtin, Pascal ^c   Kulakauskas, Saulius ^c   Péchoux, Christine ^d   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a,b   Mistou, Michel Yves ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICHOIC ACID; TRANSFERASE; UDP N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 1 PHOSPHATE:LIPID PHOSPHATE TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GBCO GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL WALL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84864056956     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002756     Document Type: Article

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