Partial purification and characterization of biological effects of a lipid toxin produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 587-593

  George, Kathleen M ^a   Barker, Lucia P ^a   Welty, Diane M ^a   Small, P L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLAST; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SUPERNATANT; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0031883476     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.587-593.1998     Document Type: Article

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