Lipoteichoic acid synthesis and function in gram-positive bacteria

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-100

  Percy, Matthew G ^a   Gründling, Angelika ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell wall; Cholination; d alanylation; Glycosylation; Lipid turnover; Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID VACCINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYMER; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ALANYLATION; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMICAL REACTION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL WALL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84907487882     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-091213-112949     Document Type: Review

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