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Abstract
Escherichia coli was recently reported to accumulate significant quantities of linoleic acid in stationary phase (H. Rabinowitch, D. D. Sklan, D. H. Chace, R. D. Stevens, and I. Fridovich, J. Bacteriol. 175:5324-5328, 1993). Since this finding would have considerable impact on the biochemical mechanisms of type II fatty acid synthases, we have attempted to confirm this observation. We found no evidence for the accumulation of linoleic acid in late-stationary-phase cultures of E. coli and conclude that the results of Rabinowitch et al. are artifactual.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8188608 PMCID: PMC205465 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.10.3069-3071.1994
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490