Endotoxins

Endotoxins are the lipid portions of lipopolysaccharides(LPSs) that are part of our outer membrane of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria. The endotoxins are liberated when the bacteria die and the cell wall breaks apart. Endotoxins are heat stable lipopolysaccharide-protein complexes.

Related Journals: Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Mediators of Inflammation, Ophthalmology, Annual review of biochemistry, The American Journal of Pathology, Advances in immunology.