Cyclopropane ring formation in membrane lipids of bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-441

  Grogan, Dennis W ^a   Cronan Jr , John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031457094     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.61.4.429-441.1997     Document Type: Review

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