title: Bacterial endotoxins.
abstract: Endotoxins possess an intrinsic fascination that is nothing less than fabulous. They seem to have been endowed by nature with virtues and vices in the exact and glamorous proportions needed to render them irresistible to any investigator who comes to know them.
authors.affiliation: Borstel Research Institute, Germany.
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Rietschel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brade
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins