Lipopolysaccharide transport to the cell surface: Biosynthesis and extraction from the inner membrane

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1679, 2015, Pages

  Simpson, Brent W ^a   May, Janine M ^b   Sherman, David J ^b   Kahne, Daniel ^b,c,d   Ruiz, Natividad ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACHINERY; MEMBRANE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MSBA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84941730057     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0029     Document Type: Review

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