Identification of the sugars involved in mycobacterial cell aggregation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Anton, Véronique ^a   Rougé, Pierre ^b   Daffé, Mamadou ^a  

^a Inst de Pharmacologie et Biologie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Cell aggregation; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; CARBOHYDRATE; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030296679     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00356-4     Document Type: Article

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