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SUBMITTER: Needham BD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6913092 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Needham Brittany D BD Trent M Stephen MS
Nature reviews. Microbiology 20130610 7
Gram-negative bacteria decorate their outermost surface structure, lipopolysaccharide, with elaborate chemical moieties, which effectively disguises them from immune surveillance and protects them from the onslaught of host defences. Many of these changes occur on the lipid A moiety of lipopolysaccharide, a component that is crucial for host recognition of Gram-negative infection. In this Review, we describe the regulatory mechanisms controlling lipid A modification and discuss the impact of mod ...[more]