Rapid structural characterization of the arabinogalactan and lipoarabinomannan in live mycobacterial cells using 2D and 3D HR-MAS NMR: Structural changes in the arabinan due to ethambutol treatment and gene mutation are observed

Glycobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-151

  Lee, Robin E B ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Chatterjee, Delphi ^b   Lee, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan; HCCH TOCSY; HR MAS NMR; Lipoarabinomannan; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; CARBON 13; ETHAMBUTOL; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; ETHAMBUTOL; GALACTANS; GENE DELETION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

EID: 13644253385     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwh150     Document Type: Article

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