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teichoic acid biosynthetic process

Known as: teichoic acid anabolism, teichoic acid biosynthesis, teichoic acid synthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of teichoic acid, any polymer occurring in the cell wall, membrane or capsule of Gram… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Crystal Structure of MraY, an Essential Membrane Enzyme for Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis
Moving Bricks with MraY Peptidoglycan, the building brick of bacterial cell walls, is synthesized in the cytoplasm and must be… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Lesions in Teichoic Acid Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus Lead to a Lethal Gain of Function in the Otherwise Dispensable Pathway
ABSTRACT An extensive study of teichoic acid biosynthesis in the model organism Bacillus subtilis has established teichoic acid… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Whole genome comparisons of serotype 4b and 1/2a strains of the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes reveal new insights into the core genome components of this species.
The genomes of three strains of Listeria monocytogenes that have been associated with food-borne illness in the USA were… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
The biosynthesis and functionality of the cell-wall of lactic acid bacteria
The cell wall of lactic acid bacteria has the typical Gram-positive structure made of a thick, multilayered peptidoglycan… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Genes controlled by the essential YycG/YycF two‐component system of Bacillus subtilis revealed through a novel hybrid regulator approach
The YycG/YycF two‐component system, originally identified in Bacillus subtilis, is very highly conserved and appears to be… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Mixed-Genome Microarrays Reveal Multiple Serotype and Lineage-Specific Differences among Strains of Listeria monocytogenes
ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies and analysis of putative virulence genes have shown that Listeria monocytogenes has diverged… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
tagO is involved in the synthesis of all anionic cell-wall polymers in Bacillus subtilis 168.
Sequence homologies suggest that the Bacillus subtilis 168 tagO gene encodes UDP-N-acetylglucosamine:undecaprenyl-P N… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Molecular characterization of the plasmid‐encoded eps gene cluster essential for exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Lactococcus lactis
Lactococcus lactis strain NIZO B40 produces an extracellular phosphopolysaccharide containing galactose, glucose, and rhamnose. A… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The tagGH operon of Bacillus subtilis 168 encodes a two‐component ABC transporter involved in the metabolism of two wall teichoic acids
We report the nucleotide sequence and the characterization of the Bacillus subtilis tagGH operon. The latter is controlled by a… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Regulation of the Bacterial Cell Wall: Analysis of a Mutant of Bacillus subtilis Defective in Biosynthesis of Teichoic Acid
Bacillus subtilis 168ts-200B is a temperature-sensitive mutant of B. subtilis 168 which grows as rods at 30 C but as irregular… 
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