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NaxD is a deacetylase required for lipid A modification andFrancisellapathogenesis

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Substitution of the Bordetella pertussis Lipid A Phosphate Groups with Glucosamine Is Required for Robust NF- B Activation and Release of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Cells Expressing Human but Not Murine Toll-Like Receptor 4-MD-2-CD14

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The Lipid A Phosphate Position Determines Differential Host Toll-Like Receptor 4 Responses to Phylogenetically Related Symbiotic and Pathogenic Bacteria

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Pertactin Is Required for Bordetella Species To Resist Neutrophil-Mediated Clearance

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Variability in the Lipooligosaccharide Structure and Endotoxicity amongBordetella pertussisStrains

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The structural basis of lipopolysaccharide recognition by the TLR4–MD-2 complex

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Crystal structure of the YdjC-family protein TTHB029 from Thermus thermophilus HB8: Structural relationship with peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase

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Glucosamine Found as a Substituent of Both Phosphate Groups in Bordetella Lipid A Backbones: Role of a BvgAS-Activated ArnT Ortholog

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Discovery of new biosynthetic pathways: the lipid A story

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