Bacterial Endotoxins: Extraordinary Lipids That Activate Eucaryotic Signal Transduction

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1993 Sep 1

PMID 8376321

Citations 66

Authors

C R Raetz

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