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Bridging the gap for lipopolysaccharides

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This study provides evidence that lipopolysaccharides are pushed from the inner membrane to the outer membrane of the bacterial cell envelope over a protein bridge.

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  1. Sherman, D. J. et al. Lipopolysaccharide is transported to the cell surface by a membrane-to-membrane protein bridge. Science 359, 798–801 (2018)

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Okuda, S. et al. Lipopolysaccharide transport and assembly at the outer membrane: the PEZ model. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 14, 337–345 (2016)

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Wrighton, K. Bridging the gap for lipopolysaccharides. Nat Rev Microbiol 16, 184–185 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro.2018.30

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