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Membrane-derived oligosaccharides (MDOs) are essential for sodium dodecyl sulfate resistance in Escherichia coli.
FEMS microbiology letters - 6 Jun 2003
Rajagopal Soumitra, Eis Nicole, Bhattacharya Meenakshi, Nickerson Kenneth W
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We studied the role of membrane-derived oligosaccharides (MDOs) in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) resistance by Escherichia coli. MDOs are also known as osmoregulated periplasmic glucans. Wild-type E. coli MC4100 grew in the presence of 10% SDS whereas isogenic mdoA and mdoB mutants could not grow above 0.5% SDS. Similarly, E. coli DF214, a mutant (pgi, zwf) unable to grow on glucose, exhibited conditional...
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