Thermal regulation of membrane lipid flu
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L.M. Bredeston; D. Marciano; D. Albanesi; D. De Mendoza; J. M. Delfino
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Article
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2011
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The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecula
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English
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## Abstract This article describes a simple and robust laboratory exercise on the regulation of membrane unsaturated fatty acid composition in bacteria by a decrease in growth temperature. We take advantage of the well characterized Des pathway of __Bacillus subtilis__, composed of a Ξ5βdesaturase