Article
Genetic and biochemical characterization of Bacillus subtilis 168 mutants specifically blocked in the synthesis of the teichoic acid poly(3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-N-acetylgalactosamine 1-phosphate): gneA, a new locus, is associated with UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4-epimerase activity.
Journal of general microbiology - 1 Apr 1991
Estrela A I, Pooley H M, de Lencastre H, Karamata D
Abstract excerpt
The resistance spectrum to bacteriophage phi 3T of different Bacillus subtilis 168/W23 strains hybrid for wall teichoic acids suggested that poly(3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-N-acetylgalactosamine 1-phosphate), a so-called minor teichoic acid of strain 168, forms part of the receptor for this phage, and a serologically related group of phages. A representative sample of 25 mutants specifically resistant to phi 3T,...
Topics
- Adsorption
- Bacillus subtilis
- Bacteriophages
- Carbohydrate Epimerases
- Carbohydrate Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Linkage
- Molecular Sequence Data