Analysis of lipid biosynthesis and location

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 465, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-83

  Wheeler, Paul Robert ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetate; Fatty acid; Lipid metabolism; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Propionate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84555196884     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-207-6_5     Document Type: Article

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