Effect of vitamin K depletion and restoration on sphingolipid metabolism in Bacteroides melaninogenicus
Bacteroides melaninogenicus requires vitamin K for normal growth. Cells incubated in a vitamin K-free medium form defective cell envelopes. Studies with vitamin K-grown “K(+)” and vitamin K-depleted “K(–)” cells showed that [14C]choline and [14C]glycerol were not taken up, but several amino acids an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1972-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520393998 |