Cyclic Enterobacterial Common Antigen Maintains the Outer Membrane Permeability Barrier of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content> in a Manner Controlled by YhdP

ABSTRACT Gram-negative bacteria have an outer membrane (OM) impermeable to many toxic compounds that can be further strengthened during stress. In Enterobacteriaceae, the envelope contains enterobacterial common antigen (ECA), a carbohydrate-derived moiety conserved throughout Enterobacteriaceae, th...

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Main Authors: Angela M. Mitchell, Tharan Srikumar, Thomas J. Silhavy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-09-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01321-18