Lipopolysaccharide biogenesis and transport at the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1862, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1451-1460

  Sperandeo, Paola ^a   Martorana, Alessandra M ^b   Polissi, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Drug discovery; Lipopolysaccharide transport; Outer membrane biogenesis; Sensing LPS defects

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSLOCON; ABC TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CELL SURFACE; ENERGY RESOURCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PERIPLASM; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 85006036448     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: 18792618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.10.006     Document Type: Review

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