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The archaeal-bacterial lipid divide, could a distinct lateral proton route hold the answer?

ABSTRACT: The archaea-bacteria lipid divide is one of the big evolutionary enigmas concerning these two domains of life. In short, bacterial membranes are made of fatty-acid esters whereas archaeal ones contain isoprenoid ethers, though at present we do not have a good understanding on why they evol...

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Autor principal: Mencía, Mario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7171761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32317017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13062-020-00262-7