Lipopolysaccharides (Endotoxins)

Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 513-528

  Tran, A X ^a   Whitfield, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs); endotoxin; lipid A; lipooligosaccharide (LOS); lipopolysaccharide (LPS); LPS transport; O antigen; O polysaccharide; outer membrane; TLR4

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958208373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00196-6     Document Type: Chapter

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