Mycobacterium bovis BCG genes involved in the biosynthesis of cyclopropyl keto- and hydroxymycolic acids

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 313-322

  Dubnau, Eugenie ^a   Lanéelle, Marie Antoinette ^b   Soares, Sonia ^a   Bénichou, Anne ^b   Vaz, Tania ^a   Promé, Danielle ^b   Promé, Jean Claude ^b   Daffé, Mamadou ^b   Quémard, Annaïk ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; MYCOLIC ACID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031015320     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2301589.x     Document Type: Article

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