title: [Structure of lipopolysaccharides from gram-negative bacteria. II. Core structure (Review)].
abstract: The review summarizes the data on the core structure of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) which represents an oligosaccharide binding the lipid moiety of the macromolecule to the O-antigenic polysaccharide chain. Both S-strains with complete LPS and R-mutants having various defects of the core biosynthesis are considered. The role of the core in the outer membrane functioning and manifestation of antigenic specificity of LPS is discussed.
authors: Iu A
authors: IuA
authors: Knirel'
authors: N K
authors: NK
authors: Kochetkov
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides
vernacular_title: Stroenie lipopolisakharidov gramotritsatel'nykh bakteriĭ. II. Struktura kora (Obzor).