Mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan: An extraordinary lipoheteroglycan with profound physiological effects

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-120

  Chatterjee, Delphi ^a   Khoo, Kay Hooi ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CD1; Ethambutol; Lipoarabinomannan; Lipomannan; Mycobacteria; Phosphatidylinositol mannosides; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARABINOMANNAN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACYLATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031951727     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.2.113     Document Type: Review

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