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Maintenance of D-alanine ester substitution of lipoteichoic acid by reesterification in Staphylococcus aureus.

Toluene-treated Staphylococcus aureus cells did not synthesize teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid under the conditions used. The organism displayed, however, a high capacity of incorporating D-[14C]alanine into previously formed polymers. The reaction was dependent on ATP and enhanced by magnesium...

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Main Authors: Koch, H U, Döker, R, Fischer, W
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1985
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC219317/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4066613
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