Membrane cyclopropane fatty acid content is a major factor in acid resistance of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-259

  Chang, Ying Ying ^a   Cronan Jr , John E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; SIGMA FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CYCLOPROPANES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS;

EID: 0033054689     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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