Pleiotropic roles of polyglycerolphosphate synthase of lipoteichoic acid in growth of Staphylococcus aureus cells.

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Published in J Bacteriol on October 24, 2008

Authors

Yusuke Oku1, Kenji Kurokawa, Miki Matsuo, Sakuo Yamada, Bok-Luel Lee, Kazuhisa Sekimizu

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.

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