D-Alanylation of teichoic acids contributes to Lactobacillus plantarum-mediated Drosophila growth during chronic undernutrition

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1635-1647

  Matos, Renata C ^a   Schwarzer, Martin ^a   Gervais, Hugo ^a   Courtin, Pascal ^b   Joncour, Pauline ^a   Gillet, Benjamin ^a   Ma, Dali ^a   Bulteau, Anne Laure ^a   Martino, Maria Elena ^a   Hughes, Sandrine ^a   Chapot Chartier, Marie Pierre ^b   Leulier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICHOIC ACID; ALANINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GROWTH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINE CELL; JUVENILE; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MALNUTRITION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PBPX2 DLT OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CELL WALL; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL WALL; DROSOPHILA; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LARVA; MALNUTRITION; MICROBIOTA; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SYMBIOSIS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 85030841823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0038-x     Document Type: Article

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