Recent advances in structural research on ether lipids from archaea including comparative and physiological aspects

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2019-2034

  Koga, Yosuke ^a   Morii, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Chemotaxonomic marker; Ether polar lipid; Heat tolerant membrane; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ECOLOGY; ETHERS;

ARCHAEA; CHEMOTAXONOMIC MARKER; ETHER POLAR LIPID; HEAT-TOLERANT MEMBRANE; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION;

LIPIDS;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARCHAEA; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ETHERS; HEAT; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 28244438390     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.2019     Document Type: Review

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