Title: The GraRS regulatory system controls Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to antimicrobial host defenses. | Journal: BMC microbiology. 2008 Jun;8():85 | Authors: Kraus D, Herbert S, Kristian SA, Khosravi A, Nizet V, Götz F, Peschel A. | Abstract: Modification of teichoic acids with D-alanine by the products of the dlt operon protects Gram-positive bacteria against major antimicrobial host defense molecules such as defensins, cathelicidins, myeloperoxidase or phospholipase. The graRS regulatory genes have recently been implicated in the control of D-alanylation in Staphylococcus aureus. | See full PubMed entry: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18518949 |
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