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Descriptor English: Bacterial Outer Membrane
Descriptor Spanish: Membrana Externa Bacteriana
Descriptor membrana externa bacteriana
Scope note: Cubierta celular más externa de las BACTERIAS GRAMNEGATIVAS compuesta de FOSFOLÍPIDOS, LIPOPOLISACÁRIDOS (LPS) y PROTEÍNAS DE LA MEMBRANA EXTERNA BACTERIANA. Los LPS de la membrana externa bacteriana muestran citotoxicidad (véase LÍPIDO A y ANTÍGENOS O).
Descriptor Portuguese: Membrana Externa Bacteriana
Descriptor French: Membrane bactérienne externe
Entry term(s): Bacterial Outer Membranes
Membrane, Bacterial Outer
Outer Membrane, Bacterial
Tree number(s): A11.284.149.083
A20.484
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080943
Scope note: The outermost cell envelope of GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA composed of PHOSPHOLIPIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES (LPS), and BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS. The bacterial outer membrane LPS demonstrates cytotoxicity (see LIPID A and BACTERIAL O ANTIGEN).
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cell Membrane (1976-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
DeCS ID: 59033
Unique ID: D000080943
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Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/07/01
Bacterial Outer Membrane - Preferred
Concept UI M000649012
Scope note The outermost cell envelope of GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA composed of PHOSPHOLIPIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES (LPS), and BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS. The bacterial outer membrane LPS demonstrates cytotoxicity (see LIPID A and BACTERIAL O ANTIGEN).
Preferred term Bacterial Outer Membrane
Entry term(s) Bacterial Outer Membranes
Membrane, Bacterial Outer
Outer Membrane, Bacterial



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