Francine Hardaway Responds

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Bacterial phospholipase A: structure and function of an integral membrane phospholipase

“…OMPLA activity and phospholipid turnover are triggered by such diverse events as phage-induced lysis [9], temperature shift [10], spheroplast formation [11], EDTA treatment [12], polymixin B exposure [13], heat shock [14] and colicin release [15^17]. Furthermore, increased levels of phospholipase A activity have been observed in E. coli variants which display decreased stability of the cell envelope (B fad cells [18] and envC mutations [19]).…”