Distinct functions of polysaccharide deacetylases in cell shape, neutral polysaccharide synthesis and virulence of Bacillus anthracis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 867-883

  Balomenou, Stavroula ^a,b,c,d   Fouet, Agnes ^c,e,f   Tzanodaskalaki, Mary ^b   Couture Tosi, Evelyne ^c,e   Bouriotis, Vassilis ^a,b   Boneca, Ivo G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ESTERASE; LYSOZYME; NEUTRAL POLYSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN DEACETYLASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BA1961; PROTEIN BA1977; PROTEIN BA2944; PROTEIN BA3679; PROTEIN BA5436; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BA1961 GENE; BA1977 GENE; BA2944 GENE; BA3679 GENE; BA5436 GENE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84873463088     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12137     Document Type: Article

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