Deletion of hypothetical wall teichoic acid ligases in Staphylococcus aureus activates the cell wall stress response

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-120

  Dengler, V ^a   Meier, Patricia Stutzmann ^a   Heusser, Ronald ^a   Kupferschmied, Peter ^a   Fazekas, Judit ^a   Friebe, Sarah ^a   Staufer, Sibylle Burger ^a   Majcherczyk, Paul A ^b   Moreillon, Philippe ^b   Berger Bächi, Brigitte ^a   Mccallum, Nadine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell wall stress stimulon; Ligase; LytR CpsA Psr; Staphylococcus aureus; VraSR; Wall teichoic acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LCP PROTEIN; LIGASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TARO ENZYME; TEICHOIC ACID; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STIMULON;

BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUNICAMYCIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864148160     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02603.x     Document Type: Letter

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