Glycobiology lipopolysaccharides

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Lukasiewicz, J., Niedziela, T., Jachymek, W., Kenne, L., Lugowski, C. Structure of the lipid A-inner core region and biological activity of Plesiomonas shigelloides 054 (strain CNCTC 113/92) lipopolysaccharide. Glycobiology 16 (2006) 538-550. 

Holst, O., Molinaro, A. 2009. Core oligosaccharide and lipid A components of lipopolysaccharides. In Moran, A., Brennan, P., Holst, O., von Itszstein, M. (eds), Microbial Glycobiology Structures Relevance and Applications. Elsevier, San Diego, CA, pp. 29-56. 

Ierano, T., Siiipo, A., Nazarenko, E.L., Gorshkova E.L., Ivanova E.P., Garozzo, D., Sturiale, L., Lanzetta, R., Parrilli, M., Molinaro, A. Against the rules a marine bacterium, Loktanella rosea, possesses a unique lipopolysaccharide. Glycobiology 20(5) (2010b) 586-593. 

St. Michael, F., Vinogradov, E., Li, J., Cox, A.D. Structural analysis of the lipopolysaccharide of Pasteurella multocida strain Pm70 and identification of the putative lipopolysaccharide glycosyltransferases. Glycobiology 15 (2005c) 323-333. 

Ridley, B.L., Jeyaretnam, B.S., Carlson, R.W. The type and yield of lipopolysaccharide from sym-biotically deficient Rhizobium hpopolysaccharide mutants vary depending on the extraction method. Glycobiology 10 (2000) 1013-1023. 

In the following, the present knowledge of H. py/or/-related glycobiology will be briefly discussed. The surface-located lipopolysaccharides of the bacterium represent a molecular mimicry between the microbe and the host. This may be a way to... 

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