On the essentiality of lipopolysaccharide to Gram-negative bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 779-785

  Zhang, Ge ^a   Meredith, Timothy C ^b   Kahne, Daniel ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID A; O ANTIGEN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; ENDOSYMBIONT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SALMONELLA;

CELL SURVIVAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84888197676     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.09.007     Document Type: Review

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