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Core-OS Structure and Metabolic Pathways:representative of Escherichia coli R1

Core oligosaccharide (or Core-OS) is a short chain of sugar residues within Gram-negative lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Core-OS are highly diverse among bacterial species and even within strains of species [1]

Structure

Biosynthesis

Function

See also

References

  1. ^ Heinrichs, David E.; Yethon, Jeremy A.; Whitfield, Chris (1998). "Molecular basis for structural diversity in the core regions of the lipopolysaccharides of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica". Molecular Microbiology. 30 (2): 221–232. PMID 9791168.
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