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A mutant Escherichia coli that attaches peptidoglycan to lipopolysaccharide and displays cell wall on its surface.
eLife - 31 Dec 2014
Grabowicz Marcin, Andres Dorothee, Lebar Matthew D, Malojčić Goran, Kahne Daniel, Silhavy Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) forms the surface-exposed leaflet of the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria, an organelle that shields the underlying peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall. Both LPS and PG are essential cell envelope components that are synthesized independently and assembled by dedicated transenvelope multiprotein complexes. We have identified a point-mutation in the gene for O-antigen ligase...
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