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. 1986 Jun;166(3):699–705. doi: 10.1128/jb.166.3.699-705.1986

Lipopolysaccharide nomenclature--past, present, and future.

P J Hitchcock, L Leive, P H Mäkelä, E T Rietschel, W Strittmatter, D C Morrison
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