cell membranes

Question 1

what do cell membrane drugs work best against?

Answer 1

Gram -

Question 2

what is the butter leaflet of gram- made of?

Answer 2

1.lipid A
2.core polysaccharides
3.O-specific polysaccharide

Question 3

what does lipid A do and consist of?

Answer 3

functions the same as a phosphate but has multiple branched fatty acids, 2 glucosamine, one phosphate

Question 4

what does the core polysaccharide consist of?

Answer 4

sugar KDO(3), binds to glucosamine, the rest of sugars are the same in every gram -

Question 5

what does the O-specific polysaccharide consist of?

Answer 5

series of sugars that repeat, each organism can have different series (O-antigen)

Question 6

what to all IV’s and vaccines have to be?

Answer 6

pyrogen free- can cause fever and shock