The Cell Wall Polymer Lipoteichoic Acid Becomes Nonessential in Staphylococcus aureus Cells Lacking the ClpX Chaperone

The Cell Wall Polymer Lipoteichoic Acid Becomes Nonessential in Staphylococcus aureus Cells Lacking the ClpX Chaperone

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 arise spo...

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Main Authors: Kristoffer T. Bæk, Lisa Bowman, Charlotte Millership, Mia Dupont Søgaard, Volkhard Kaever, Pia Siljamaki, Kirsi Savijoki, Pekka Varmanen, Tuula A. Nyman, Angelika Grundling, Dorte Frees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-08-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/4/e01228-16

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