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Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipid A diversity and its recognition by Toll-like receptor 4.
Journal of endotoxin research - 1 Jan 2003
Ernst Robert K, Hajjar Adeline M, Tsai Jeff H, Moskowitz Samuel M, Wilson Christopher B, Miller Samuel I
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Lipid A is the pro-inflammatory component of bacterial lipopolysaccharide, the major surface component of Gram-negative bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria alter the structure of lipid A in response to specific environmental conditions including those found upon colonization of a host. The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa synthesizes a unique hexa-acylated lipid A containing palmitate and aminoarabinose...
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