Gene knockout reveals a novel gene cluster for the synthesis of a class of cell wall lipids unique to pathogenic mycobacteria

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 272, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 16741-16745

  Azad, Abul K ^a   Sirakova, Tatiana D ^a   Fernandes, Norvin D ^a   Kolattukudy, Pappachan E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; COSMID VECTOR; GENE CLUSTER; LEPROSY; LIPOGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALLELES; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; COSMIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GENE DELETION; GLYCOLIPIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE; WAXES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BORIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030757237     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.27.16741     Document Type: Article

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