A bacterium that has three pathways to regulate membrane lipid fluidity.

John E Cronan

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05107.x

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A bacterium that has three pathways to regulate membrane lipid fluidity.

John E Cronan

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Well-studied bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli each have only a single pathway for synthesis of the unsaturated fatty acids required to make functional membrane lipids. In marked contrast, unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa proceeds by three distinct pathways.

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John E Cronan. 2006. A bacterium that has three pathways to regulate membrane lipid fluidity.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05107.x

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