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Phosphatidylinositol is an essential phospholipid of mycobacteria.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Sept 2000
Jackson M, Crick D C, Brennan P J
Abstract excerpt
Phosphatidylinositol (PI) and metabolically derived products such as the phosphatidylinositol mannosides and linear and mature branched lipomannan and lipoarabinomannan are prominent phospholipids/lipoglycans of Mycobacterium sp. believed to play important roles in the structure and physiology of the bacterium as well as during host infection. To determine if PI is an essential phospholipid of mycobacteria, we...
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