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. 1979 May;138(2):453–460. doi: 10.1128/jb.138.2.453-460.1979

Phospholipid synthesis during the cell division cycle of Escherichia coli.

O Pierucci
PMCID: PMC218198  PMID: 374387

Abstract

Stepwise changes in the rate of phosphatidylethanolamine and phospholipid synthesis during the cell division cycle of Escherichia coli B/r were observed. The cell ages at the increases were found to be a function of the growth rate. At each growth rate, the increase occurred around the time new rounds of chromosome replication were inaugurated in the cycle.

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