The methyl-branched fortifications of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 545-553

  Minnikin, David E ^a   Kremer, Laurent ^b   Dover, Lynn G ^a   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

FATTY ACID; LIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; MYCOCEROSIC ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; PHTHIOCEROL DIMYCOCEROSATE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CELL MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036015838     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(02)00142-4     Document Type: Review

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