compatible with this hypothesis are the observations that hydrolysis of lipopolysaccharide ( lps ) to remove the ester- linked fatty acids of the mitogenic lipid a component abrogates its mitogenic ( 7,8 ) activity as well as its ability , when substituted with the tnp hapten , to induce a t-independent anti- tnp response ( 9 ) .
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lipopolysaccharide
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lipid a