Macroamphiphilic cell envelope components of Rhodococcus equi and closely related bacteria

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 287-299

  Sutcliffe, Iain C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lipoglycans; Lipoproteins; Mycobacterium; Mycolic acids; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL MEMBRANE; GALACTANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MYCOBACTERIACEAE; MYCOLIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030853872     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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