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Fortifying the barrier: the impact of lipid A remodelling on bacterial pathogenesis

Gram-negative bacteria decorate their outermost surface structure, lipopolysaccharide, with elaborate chemical moieties, which effectively disguises them from immune surveillance and protects them from the onslaught of host defences. Many of these changes occur on the lipid A moiety of lipopolysacch...

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Autores principales: Needham, Brittany D., Trent, M. Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23748343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3047