The phosphocholine motif in membranes of Mycoplasma fermentans strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-141

  Ben Menachem, Gil ^a   Zähringer, Ulrich ^b   Rottem, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choline; Membrane lipid; MfGL II; Mycoplasma fermentans; Phosphocholine

Indexed keywords

MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS;

EID: 0035873723     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00173-2     Document Type: Article

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