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. 1980 Apr;142(1):362–365. doi: 10.1128/jb.142.1.362-365.1980

Regulation of membrane phospholipid syntheesis in Escherichia coli during temperature up-shift.

R Kainuma-Kuroda, S Goelz, J E Cronan Jr
PMCID: PMC293975  PMID: 6154689

Abstract

The synthesis of membrane phospholipids and that of stable ribonucleic acid were inhibited during temperature up-shift of both rel+ and relA strains of Escherichia coli. The kinetics of the inhibition of the synthesis of both molecules were correlated with the kinetics of guanosine 5'-diphosphate-3'-diphosphate synthesis. Metabolic down-shift experiments gave similar results.

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