Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. mitis, and S. oralis Produce a Phosphatidylglycerol-Dependent,
<i>ltaS</i>
-Independent Glycerophosphate-Linked Glycolipid

Yahan Wei; Luke R. Joyce; Ashley M. Wall; Ziqiang Guan; Kelli L. Palmer

doi:10.1128/mSphere.01099-20

mSphere (Feb 2021)

Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. mitis, and S. oralis Produce a Phosphatidylglycerol-Dependent, <i>ltaS</i> -Independent Glycerophosphate-Linked Glycolipid

Yahan Wei,
Luke R. Joyce,
Ashley M. Wall,
Ziqiang Guan,
Kelli L. Palmer

Affiliations

Yahan Wei: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
Luke R. Joyce: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
Ashley M. Wall: Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
Ziqiang Guan: Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Kelli L. Palmer: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01099-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1

Abstract

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The cell wall is a critical structural component of bacterial cells that confers important physiological functions. For pathogens, it is a site of host-pathogen interactions.

Published in mSphere

ISSN: 2379-5042 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msphere

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