The cell envelope is the first line of defense between a bacterium and the world-at-large.
Often, the initial steps that determine the outcome of chemical warfare, bacteriophage …

Biological membranes consist of integral and peripheral protein-associated lipid bilayers.
Although constituent lipids vary among cells, membrane lipids are mainly classified as …

The outer membrane (OM) of Gram‐negative bacteria is asymmetric due to the presence of
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) facing the outer leaflet of the OM and phospholipids facing the …

Bacteriophages present huge potential both as a resource for developing novel tools for
bacterial diagnostics and for use in phage therapy. This potential is also valid for …

O-glycosylation of proteins in Neisseria meningitidis is catalyzed by PglL, which belongs to a
protein family including WaaL O-antigen ligases. We developed two hidden Markov models …

The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is involved in the interaction between Gram-negative
pathogenic bacteria and host. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL), complement-activating soluble …

Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O: 3 produces two types of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
molecules to its surface. In both types the lipid A (LA) structure is substituted by inner core …

The antiterminator RfaH is required for the expression of LPS, capsule, haemolysin,
exotoxin, haemin uptake receptor and F pilus. As these structures are critical for bacterial …

Enterobacterial common antigen (ECA) is a polysaccharide present in all members of
Enterobacteriaceae anchored either via phosphatidylglycerol (PG) or LPS to the outer leaflet …

It is crucial to understand the in vitro and in vivo regulation of the virulence factor genes of
bacterial pathogens. In this study, we describe the construction of a versatile reporter system …