Biosynthesis of archaeal membrane ether lipids

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Jain, Samta ^a,b,c   Caforio, Antonella ^a,b   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Biosynthesis; Ether lipids; Isoprenoids; Lipid divide

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; DIGERANYLGERANYLGLYCERLY DIPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYLALLYL PYROPHOSPHATE; ETHER LIPID; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DRUG STABILITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STABILITY; LIPOGENESIS; METHYLERYTHRITOL PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; MEVALONATE PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 84987800437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00641     Document Type: Review

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