Pathway to synthesis and processing of mycolic acids in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-101

  Takayama, Kuni ^a,b,c   Wang, Cindy ^a   Besra, Gurdval S ^d  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 O MYCOLYL BETA DEXTRO MANNOPYRANOSYL 1 PHOSPHOHEPTAPRENOL; ABC TRANSPORTER; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ALPHA METHOXYMYCOLIC ACID; ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN 85; ARABINOGALACTAN; ARABINOGALACTAN MYCOLATE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; COENZYME A; CORD FACTOR; DEXTRO MANNOPYRANOSYL 1 PHOSPHOHEPTAPRENOL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE I; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE IIA; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE IIB; HYDROLYASE; MYCOLIC ACID; MYCOLYLTRANSFERASE I; MYCOLYLTRANSFERASE II; OXOMYCOLIC ACID; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE 13; TRANSFERASE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; TREHALOSE MONOMYCOLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXYLATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CLAISEN CONDENSATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METHYLATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES;

EID: 12844278679     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.18.1.81-101.2005     Document Type: Review

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