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Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Lipid A from Gram-negative Bacteria
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Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Lipid A from Gram-negative Bacteria

Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Lipid A from Gram-negative Bacteria

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September 16, 2013

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12:57 min
September 16, 2013

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Isolation and characterization of the lipid A domain of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from gram-negative bacteria provides insight into cell surface based mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, bacterial survival and fitness, and how chemically diverse lipid A molecular species differentially modulate host innate immune responses.

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