Differential localization of LTA synthesis proteins and their interaction with the cell division machinery in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 273-286

  Reichmann, Nathalie T ^a,b   Piçarra Cassona, Carolina ^a   Monteiro, João M ^b   Bottomley, Amy L ^c   Corrigan, Rebecca M ^a   Foster, Simon J ^c   Pinho, Mariana G ^b   Gründling, Angelika ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LTAA PROTEIN; LTAS PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YPFP PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOTOPROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; GENES, REPORTER; GLYCOLIPIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84897957160     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12551     Document Type: Article

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