Comparison of ribitol and glycerol teichoic acid genes in Bacillus subtilis W23 and 168: identical function, similar divergent organization, but different regulation

• Published in: Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) Vol. 148; no. 3; pp. 815 - 824
• Main Authors: Lazarevic, Vladimir, Abellan, Francois-Xavier, Moller, Siham Beggah, Karamata, Dimitri, Mauel, Catherine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01.03.2002; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Bacillus globigii; Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus subtilis; Bacillus subtilis - genetics; Bacillus subtilis - metabolism; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; Bacteriology; Base Sequence; Biogenesis of cell structures, supramolecular organization; Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Genes, Bacterial; Genetics; Glycerophosphates - genetics; Glycerophosphates - metabolism; Microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; poly(ribitol phosphate); Polysaccharides - genetics; Polysaccharides - metabolism; ribitol; Sequence Analysis, DNA; tag gene; tar gene; teichoic acids; Teichoic Acids - genetics; Regulation(control); Horizontal; Wall; Bacillales; Nucleotide sequence; Bacillus subtilis; Bacteria; Intraspecific comparison; Bacillaceae; Gene expression; Teichoic acids; Genetic transfer

Institut de Génétique et Biologie Microbiennes, Université de Lausanne, Rue César-Roux 19, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland 1 Author for correspondence: Catherine Mauël. Tel: +41 21 320 60 75. Fax: +41 21 320 60 78. e-mail: catherine.mauel{at}igbm.unil.ch The tar genes directing the synthesis of poly(r...