Cerulenin inhibits unsaturated fatty acids synthesis in Bacillus subtilis by modifying the input signal of DesK thermosensor

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-224

  Porrini, Lucía ^a,b   Cybulski, Larisa E ^a,b   Altabe, Silvia G ^a,b   Mansilla, María C ^a,b   de Mendoza, Diego ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cerulenin; Thermosensor; Unsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CERULENIN; DESK PROTEIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PLSC PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DES GENE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CERULENIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84898004722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.154     Document Type: Article

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