Assembly of the Mycobacterial Cell Wall

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 405-423

  Jankute, Monika ^a   Cox, Jonathan A G ^a   Harrison, James ^a   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan; Biosynthesis; Cell wall; Lipoarabinomannan; Mycolic acids; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; INOSITOL; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MANNOSIDE; MYCOLIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ASSAY; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CELL WALL; GALACTANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84945264516     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-091014-104121     Document Type: Review

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