A novel role for D-alanylation of lipoteichoic acid of enterococcus faecalisin urinary tract infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Wobser, Dominique ^a   Ali, Liaqat ^a,b   Grohmann, Elisabeth ^a,b   Huebner, Johannes ^a,c   Sakinc, Türkan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ALANYLATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CENTRIFUGATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TEICHOIC ACIDS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84907857179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107827     Document Type: Article

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