Chemical structure, molecular conformation, and bioactivity of endotoxins

Chemical Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue , 1999, Pages 5-24

  Seydel, Ulrich ^a   Schromm, Andra B ^a   Blunck, Rikard ^a   Brandenburg, Klaus ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; LIPID A;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0032754292     PISSN: 10150145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058754     Document Type: Review

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