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. 1978 Feb;133(2):1038. doi: 10.1128/jb.133.2.1038-1038.1978

Size of the Lipid Precursor Pool in Escherichia coli

Mireille Leduc 1,, M Schaechter 1
PMCID: PMC222119  PMID: 342489

Abstract

In Escherichia coli the lipid precursor pool (glycerol and acetate) was found to be less than 5,000 molecules per cell.

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