The Listeria monocytogenes PASTA Kinase PrkA and Its Substrate YvcK Are Required for Cell Wall Homeostasis, Metabolism, and Virulence

• Daniel A. Pensinger,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

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• Kyle M. Boldon,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

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• Grischa Y. Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

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• William J. B. Vincent,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

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• Kyle Sherman,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

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• Meng Xiong,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

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• Adam J. Schaenzer,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

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• Emily R. Forster,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

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• Jörn Coers,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

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• Rob Striker,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, W. S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin

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• John-Demian Sauer

  * E-mail: sauer3@wisc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-794X

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