Molecular structure of bacterial endotoxin (Escherichia coli Re lipopolysaccharide): Implications for formation of a novel heterogenous lattice structure

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 796-805

  Kato, Nobuo ^a,e   Sugiyama, Tsuyoshi ^b   Naito, Setsuko ^a   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^c   Ito, Hideo ^d   Kido, Nobuo ^d   Ohta, Michio ^a   Sasaki, Kyoyu ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Aichi Arts Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034034856     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01893.x     Document Type: Article

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