O-Acetyl groups as a component of the bacteriophage receptor on Staphylococcus aureus cell walls.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 108 ·No. 1 ·1971-10-00 ·Pages 584-5

Shaw DR, Chatterjee AN

Abstract

The capacity of Staphylococcus aureus H cell walls to inactivate bacteriophage 52A was lost by removing O-acetyl groups but not by removing ester-linked d-alanine.

MeSH Terms

Adsorption Alanine/analysis Bacterial Proteins Binding Sites Cell Wall/analysis Chemical Phenomena Chemistry Esters/analysis Hydrochloric Acid Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Hydroxides Hydroxylamines Indicators and Reagents Phosphates/analysis Quaternary Ammonium Compounds Sodium Hydroxide Staphylococcus/analysis Staphylococcus Phages

Chemicals

Bacterial Proteins Esters Hydroxides Hydroxylamines Indicators and Reagents Phosphates Quaternary Ammonium Compounds Sodium Hydroxide Alanine Hydrochloric Acid

Authors & Affiliations

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Shaw D R

Chatterjee A N

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7 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of bacteriology

Abbr.

J Bacteriol

ISSN

0021-9193

DOI

10.1128/jb.108.1.584-585.1971

Published

1971-10-00

Pages

584-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985120R

PMCID

PMC247102

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.108.1.584-585.1971 PMC Full Text View journal details

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