The Cell Wall Polymer Lipoteichoic Acid Becomes Nonessential in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Staphylococcus aureus</named-content> Cells Lacking the ClpX Chaperone

ABSTRACT Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is an important cell wall component of Gram-positive bacteria and a promising target for the development of vaccines and antimicrobial compounds against Staphylococcus aureus. Here we demonstrate that mutations in the conditionally essential ltaS (LTA synthase) gene...

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Auteurs principaux: Kristoffer T. Bæk, Lisa Bowman, Charlotte Millership, Mia Dupont Søgaard, Volkhard Kaever, Pia Siljamäki, Kirsi Savijoki, Pekka Varmanen, Tuula A. Nyman, Angelika Gründling, Dorte Frees
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Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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