Nature of unsaponifiable lipids of a Mycoplasma strain grown with isopentenyl pyrophosphate as a substitute for sterol.
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Mycoplasma sp., strain J, which is unable to convert mevalonic acid to isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) will grow with IPP as a substitute for sterol. (14)C-labeled IPP is incorporated into its unsaponifiable lipid. This unsaponifiable lipid was separated into three (14)C-labeled fractions, all of which possess spectral and chromatographic characteristics of polyterpenes.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of bacteriology
دوره 95 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1968