Biosynthesis and export of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-128

  Whitfield, Chris ^a   Stephen Trent, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

biosynthesis; endotoxin; gram negative bacteria; lipid A; macromolecular trafficking; outer membranes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID A; LIPID IV A; LIPID X; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LPT PROTEIN; MSBA PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; O ANTIGEN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOSYLATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SYNTHESIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; O ANTIGENS; PERMEABILITY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84902202570     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 15454509     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060713-035600     Document Type: Review

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