Mycolic acid biosynthesis: Definition and targeting of the Claisen condensation step

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism

Volumn 1346, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-284

  Lee, Richard E ^a   Armour, Jason W ^a   Takayama, Kuni ^b   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Claisen condensation; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycolic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; MYCOLIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PALMITATES; PALMITIC ACID;

EID: 0031583360     PISSN: 00052760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2760(97)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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