Synthesis of lipoteichoic acids in Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4312-4321

  Garufi, Gabriella ^a,b   Hendrickx, Antoni P ^b   Beeri, Karen ^b   Kern, Justin W ^b   Sharma, Anshika ^a   Richter, Stefan G ^a,b   Schneewind, Olaf ^a,b   Missiakas, Dominique ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LTAS1 PROTEIN; LTAS2 PROTEIN; LTAS3 PROTEIN; LTAS4 PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHORUS ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYGLYCEROL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866310684     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00626-12     Document Type: Article

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