title: Bacterial lipopolysaccharides in plant and mammalian innate immunity.
abstract: This mini-review gives a structural view on the lipopolysaccharides (LPSs), the endotoxin from Gram negative bacteria, paying attention on the features that are relevant for their activity as elicitors of the innate immune system of humans, animals and plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, via Cintia,4 I-80126 Napoli, Italy. decastro@unina.it
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Castro
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Holst
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lanzetta
authors.forename: Michelangelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parrilli
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molinaro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D010944:Plants / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides