Cholesterol metabolism in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-182

  Uhía, Iria ^a   Galán, Beatriz ^a   Kendall, Sharon L ^b   Stoker, Neil G ^b   García, José L ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 84863398264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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