Legionella bozemanae synthesizes phosphatidylcholine from exogenous choline

Microbiological Research

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-98

  Palusinska Szysz, Marta ^a   Janczarek, Monika ^a   Kalitynski, Rafal ^a   Dawidowicz, Andrzej L ^a   Russa, Ryszard ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Choline; Legionella; Pcs gene; Phospholipids; PmtA gene

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MEDIUM; CDP-CHOLINE; CHOLINE; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; GAS-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES ENCODING; LEGIONELLA; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; N ,N-DIMETHYLETHANOLAMINE; PCS GENE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE SYNTHESIS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PMTA GENE; SYNTHASES; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DESORPTION; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CDP DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINE O PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; CDP-DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINE O-PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; FATTY ACID; LIPID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PMTA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LEGIONELLA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHOLINE; FATTY ACIDS; LEGIONELLA; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA DRANCOURTII; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 78651456306     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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