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Defining key roles for auxiliary proteins in an ABC transporter that maintains bacterial outer membrane lipid asymmetry

In Gram-negative bacteria, lipid asymmetry is critical for the function of the outer membrane (OM) as a selective permeability barrier, but how it is established and maintained is poorly understood. Here, we characterize a non-canonical ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter in Escherichia coli that...

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Autores principales: Thong, Shuhua, Ercan, Bilge, Torta, Federico, Fong, Zhen Yang, Wong, Hui Yi Alvina, Wenk, Markus R, Chng, Shu-Sin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5016091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27529189
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19042