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SUBMITTER: Powers MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717313 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Powers Matthew J MJ Trent M Stephen MS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190816 35
This perspective addresses recent advances in lipid transport across the Gram-negative inner and outer membranes. While we include a summary of previously existing literature regarding this topic, we focus on the maintenance of lipid asymmetry (Mla) pathway. Discovered in 2009 by the Silhavy group [J. C. Malinverni, T. J. Silhavy, <i>Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.</i> 106, 8009-8014 (2009)], Mla has become increasingly appreciated for its role in bacterial cell envelope physiology. Through the wo ...[more]