Definitions
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- noun Any of a group of polysaccharides in which a lipid constitutes a portion of the molecule.
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- noun biochemistry Any of a large class of
lipids conjugated withpolysaccharides
Etymologies
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Examples
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The surface of these bacteria house the lipopolysaccharide, which is a three-part molecular structure embedded into the cell membrane.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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The surface of these bacteria house the lipopolysaccharide, which is a three-part molecular structure embedded into the cell membrane.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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The surface of these bacteria house the lipopolysaccharide, which is a three-part molecular structure embedded into the cell membrane.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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That bacterial product is something called lipopolysaccharide (LPS) found in bacterial membranes.
Biosingularity Snowcrash 2010
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The other is a sugar-based molecule called lipopolysaccharide that makes the bacterium infectious.
SciDev.Net 2009
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Explain to interested patients that the immune system's early warning system of bacterial infection focuses on a bacterial compound called lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2008
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(PAMPs), such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), to Toll-like receptors (TLRs) [5], [6].
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Diederik van de Wetering et al. 2009
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[21], but we have been unable to detect any interaction between latherin and archetypical bacterial components such as lipopolysaccharide (not shown).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rhona E. McDonald et al. 2009
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Nuclear factor-kappaB activation in neonatal mouse lung protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation.
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IAP attacks lipopolysaccharide LPS, a molecule found on the surface of many foreign and pathogenic bacteria.
Material World: Science finds how body breaks bacteria's middle finger Eric Bland 2008
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