Site-specific acylation changes in the lipid A of Escherichia coli lpxL mutants grown at high temperatures

Innate Immunity

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 269-282

  Schilling, Birgit ^a   Hunt, Jason ^b   Gibson, Bradford W ^a,c   Apicella, Michael A ^b  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Late acylation; lipopolysaccharide; lpxL; mass spectrometry; temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; LATE LAUROYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID A; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH CURVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; WILD TYPE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84898992309     PISSN: 17534259     EISSN: 17534267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753425913490534     Document Type: Article

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