A mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis defective in the biosynthesis of mycolic acids accumulates meromycolates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 4011-4016

  Liu, Jun ^a,b   Nikaido, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEROMYCOLIC ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FATTY ACIDS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; NOVOBIOCIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0033616584     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.7.4011     Document Type: Article

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