detection of lipoteichoic acid

Term ID

GO:0070392

Synonyms

• detection of LTA

Definition

The series of events in which a lipoteichoic acid stimulus is received by a cell and converted into a molecular signal; lipoteichoic acid is a major component of the cell wall of gram-positive bacteria and typically consists of a chain of glycerol-phosphate repeating units linked to a glycolipid anchor. (2)

References

Ontology

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