The mycolyltransferase 85A, a putative drug target of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Development of a novel assay and quantification of glycolipid-status of the mycobacterial cell wall

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-363

  Elamin, Ayssar A ^a   Stehr, Matthias ^a   Oehlmann, Wulf ^b   Singh, Mahavir ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LIONEX DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen 85; Cord factor; HTS assay; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; TMM

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN 85A; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CORD FACTOR; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLIPID; MYCOLYLTRANSFERASE 85A; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; COLORIMETRY; CORD FACTORS; KINETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70449526282     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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