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Essentiality of sterol synthesis genes in the planctomycete bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus

Sterols and hopanoids are chemically and structurally related lipids mostly found in eukaryotic and bacterial cell membranes. Few bacterial species have been reported to produce sterols and this anomaly had originally been ascribed to lateral gene transfer (LGT) from eukaryotes. In addition, the fun...

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Autores principales: Rivas-Marin, Elena, Stettner, Sean, Gottshall, Ekaterina Y., Santana-Molina, Carlos, Helling, Mitch, Basile, Franco, Ward, Naomi L., Devos, Damien P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6606645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31266954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10983-7