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The impact of the absence of glycopeptidolipids on the ultrastructure, cell surface and cell wall properties, and phagocytosis of Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Oct 2002
Etienne Gilles, Villeneuve Christelle, Billman-Jacobe Helen, Astarie-Dequeker Catherine, Dupont Marie-Ange, Daffé Mamadou
Abstract excerpt
Glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) are a class of species- or type-specific mycobacterial lipids and major constituents of the cell envelopes of many non-tuberculous mycobacteria. To determine the function of GPLs in the physiology of these bacteria, a mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis in which the gene encoding a mycobacterial nonribosomal peptide synthetase has been inactivated by transposon mutagenesis was analysed....
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