… Many Gram-positive bacteria produce lipoteichoic acid (LTA) polymers whose physiological
… impact of LTA on physicochemical properties of bacterial surfaces. We propose to consider …

… lipoteichoic acids as surface-reactive antigens as well as membrane com- ponents inmany
gram-positive bacteria, … of teichoic acid-peptidoglycan complexes within bacterial cell walls, …

… Teichoic acids are exposed on the surface of intact bacteria (8… teichoic acid (45) and is
essential for the binding of teichoic … responsible for the hydrophobic surface properties of group A …

… To define the role of lipoteichoic acid (LTA) in innate immunity to gram-positive bacteria, we
… ) by macrophages stimulated with gram-positive bacterial culture supernatants (GPCSs) after …

… Bacteria and bacterial preparations are known to be highly effective in stimulating the
immune system. Lipoteichoic acids (L TAs) and related cell surface macromolecules of …

… ,” was subsequently used to describe all bacterial cell wall, membrane, and … bacterial cell
wall polymers found in gram-positive bacteria: wall teichoic acid (WTA) and lipoteichoic acid …

… LTA and contributing to its hydrophobic surface characteristics in the LTA-M protein complex.
… Role of teichoic acid in the biofilm formation and virulence properties in the different Gram-…

… molecules are at the forefront of host-bacterium interactions. Teichoic acids are observed
only in Gram-positive bacteria, and they are one of the main cell surface components. …

… Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is a surface-associated adhesion amphiphile from Gram-positive
bacteria … It is released from the bacterial cells mainly after bacteriolysis induced by lysozyme, …

… requirement for choline because its teichoic acid contains choline (6, 32). Approximately
90% of the cellular choline can be accounted for in this teichoic acid, the remainder being …