Biochemical and molecular analysis of phospholipase C and phospholipase D activity in mycobacteria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3259-3266

  Johansen, Kristine A ^a   Gill, Ronald E ^a   Vasil, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030036237     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3259-3266.1996     Document Type: Article

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