Neutral lipid bodies in prokaryotes: Recent insights into structure, formation, and relationship to eukaryotic lipid depots

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3607-3619

  Wältermann, Marc ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTER; LIPID; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WAX;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL INCLUSION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BODY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; LIPID METABOLISM; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 18944391677     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3607-3619.2005     Document Type: Short Survey

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