Pathways and roles of wall teichoic acid glycosylation in Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 215-221

  Winstel, Volker ^a,b   Xia, Guoqing ^a,b   Peschel, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b German Center for Research in Infectious Disease (DZIF)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Glycoepitopes; S. aureus; Wall teichoic acid; Lactam resistance

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; TARM ENZYME; TARS ENZYME; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WALL TEICHOIC ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME MODIFICATION; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CELL WALL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

EID: 84899623003     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.10.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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