Cyclopropanation of α-mycolic acids is not required for cording in Mycobacterium brumae and Mycobacterium fallax

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1615-1621

  Brambilla, Cecilia ^a   Sánchez Chardi, Alejandro ^a   Pérez Trujillo, Míriam ^a   Julián, Esther ^a   Luquin, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MYCOLIC ACID; CYCLOPROPANE; MYCOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLOPROPANATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BRUMAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FALLAX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYCLOPROPANES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOLIC ACIDS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM BRUMAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FALLAX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84861895043     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.057919-0     Document Type: Article

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