Permeability of mycobacterial cell envelopes to sterols: Peptidoglycan as the diffusion barrier

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 407-419

  Lisowska, Katarzyna ^a   Korycka, Małgorzata ^b   Hadlaw Klimaszewska, Olga ^b   Ziółkowski, Andrzej ^b   Sedlaczek, Leon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030457181     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620360606     Document Type: Article

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