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Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide, OPS, and Lipid A

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Molinaro, A., De Castro, C., Parrilli, M. (2018). Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide, OPS, and Lipid A. In: Roberts, G., Watts, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35943-9_78-1

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