The Biosynthesis of Lipooligosaccharide from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a cell-associated glycolipid that makes up the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, is a canonical mediator of microbe-host interactions. The most prevalent Gram-negative gut bacterial taxon, Bacteroides, makes up around 50% of the cells in a typic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-03-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/9/2/e02289-17 |