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Rickettsia Lipid A Biosynthesis Utilizes the Late Acyltransferase LpxJ for Secondary Fatty Acid Addition

Members of the Rickettsia genus are obligate intracellular, Gram-negative coccobacilli that infect mammalian and arthropod hosts. Several rickettsial species are human pathogens and are transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods. In Gram-negative parasites, the outer membrane (OM) sits at the nexus of...

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Autores principales: Guillotte, Mark L., Gillespie, Joseph J., Chandler, Courtney E., Rahman, M. Sayeedur, Ernst, Robert K., Azad, Abdu F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30012728
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00334-18