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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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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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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