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- noun organic chemistry The
removal of one or moreacyl groups from a compound
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Kawasaki K, Ernst RK, Miller SI (2004) 3-O-deacylation of lipid A by PagL, a PhoP / PhoQ-regulated deacylase of Salmonella typhimurium, modulates signaling through Toll-like receptor 4.
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The cycle of deacylation and reacylation of phospholipids plays
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue M. A. Gijon 2008
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