Characterization of the precursor of tetraether lipid biosynthesis in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-243

  Nemoto, Naoki ^a   Shida, Yasuo ^a   Shimada, Haruo ^a   Oshima, Tairo ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Ether lipid; Lipid biosynthesis; Thermoacidophile; Thermoplasma acidophilum

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASMA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TIME;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ETHERS; GLYCEROL; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037916321     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0315-x     Document Type: Article

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