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15178389

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
The ability to adhere to artificial surfaces and form biofilms is considered as a virulence factor of Staphylococcus epidermidis, one of the major causes of nocosomial infections, especially those related to implanted medical devices. Cell-wall teichoic acid is known to play an important role in biofilm formation of staphylococci. The structure of the cell wall and extracellular teichoic acids of S. epidermidis RP62A, a reference biofilm-positive strain, was studied by NMR spectroscopy and capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry. Their structures were found to be a (1-->3)-linked poly(glycerol phosphate), substituted at the 2-position of glycerol residues with alpha-Glc, alpha-GlcNAc, D-Ala and alpha-Glc6Ala. D-Alanyl acylation of a sugar hydroxyl group seems to be a novel structural feature of teichoic acids from staphylococci.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0008-6215
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Elsevier Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
339
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1467-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural elucidation of the extracellular and cell-wall teichoic acids of Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A, a reference biofilm-positive strain.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Biomatériaux et les Biotechnologies, Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale, INSERM IR2 Bassin Napoléon BP 120, F-62327 Boulogne-sur-mer, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't