How hydrophobic molecules traverse the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria
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How hydrophobic molecules traverse the outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria.
T he outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria provides an effective barrier to their often-harsh extracellular milieu. In particular, the outer leaflet of the OM is not a canonical monolayer of phospholipids. Rather, it is composed of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a molecule generally consisting of a core of Lipid A decorated with inner and outer core oligosaccharides. The oligosaccharides ext...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106927108