The outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria provide a permeability barrier to antibiotics and other harmful chemicals. The integrity of this barrier relies on the maintenance of the lipid asymmetry of the outer membrane, and studies of suppressors of a decades-old mutant reveal that YejM plays a key regulatory role and provide a model for the maintenance of this asymmetry. Copyright © 2020 American Society for Microbiology.
Joe Lutkenhaus. Asymmetry Is the Rhythmic Expression of Functional Design," a Quotation from Jan Tschichold. Journal of bacteriology. 2020 Aug 25;202(18)
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