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Identification of an essential gene of Listeria monocytogenes involved in teichoic acid biogenesis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2006
Dubail Iharilalao, Bigot Armelle, Lazarevic Vladimir, Soldo Blazenka, Euphrasie Daniel, Dupuis Marion, Charbit Alain
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular gram-positive bacterium responsible for severe opportunistic infections in humans and animals. We had previously identified a gene encoding a putative UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase, a precursor of the teichoic acid linkage unit, in the g...
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