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Tracking the putative biosynthetic precursors of oxygenated mycolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Structural analysis of fatty acids of a mutant strain deviod of methoxy- and ketomycolates.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 28 Feb 2003
Dinadayala Premkumar, Laval Francoise, Raynaud Catherine, Lemassu Anne, Laneelle Marie-Antoinette, Laneelle Gilbert, Daffe Mamadou
Abstract excerpt
Disruption of the mma4 gene (renamed hma) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has yielded a mutant strain defective in the synthesis of both keto- and methoxymycolates, with an altered cell-wall permeability to small molecules and a decreased virulence in the mouse model of infection (Dubnau, E., Chan, J., Raynaud, C., Mohan, V. P., Lanéelle, M. A., Yu, K., Quémard, A., Smith, I., and Daffé, M. (2000) Mol. Microbiol....
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