Organization of the mycobacterial cell wall: A nanoscale view

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 456, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-125

  Alsteens, David ^a   Verbelen, Claire ^a   Dague, Etienne ^a   Raze, Dominique ^b   Baulard, Alain R ^b   Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial drugs; Cell walls; Chemical force microscopy; Hydrophobicity; Immunogold labeling; Live cell imaging

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MYCOLIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; INCUBATION TIME; MYCOBACTERIUM; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 43149092678     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0386-0     Document Type: Article

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