D-alanylation of lipoteichoic acids confers resistance to cationic peptides in group B streptococcus by increasing the cell wall density.

Autor: Ron Saar-Dover, Arkadi Bitler, Ravit Nezer, Liraz Shmuel-Galia, Arnaud Firon, Eyal Shimoni, Patrick Trieu-Cuot, Yechiel Shai

Publikováno v: PLoS Pathogens, Vol 8, Iss 9, p e1002891 (2012)

Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) serve as the first line of defense of the innate immune system against invading microbial pathogens. Gram-positive bacteria can resist CAMPs by modifying their anionic teichoic acids (TAs) with D-alanine, but t

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D-Alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acids Confers Resistance to Cationic Peptides in Group B Streptococcus by Increasing the Cell Wall Density

Autor: Arkadi Bitler, Ron Saar-Dover, Arnaud Firon, Liraz Shmuel-Galia, Patrick Trieu-Cuot, Ravit Nezer, Yechiel Shai, Eyal Shimoni

Publikováno v: PLoS Pathogens
PLoS Pathogens, Public Library of Science, 2012, 8 (9), pp.e1002891. ⟨10.1371/journal.ppat.1002891⟩
PLoS Pathogens, 2012, 8 (9), pp.e1002891. ⟨10.1371/journal.ppat.1002891⟩
PLoS Pathogens, Vol 8, Iss 9, p e1002891 (2012)

Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) serve as the first line of defense of the innate immune system against invading microbial pathogens. Gram-positive bacteria can resist CAMPs by modifying their anionic teichoic acids (TAs) with D-alanine, but t

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::3ee546a39384cf614fed0826e4517029
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