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A lipid profile typifies the Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: identification of a mutation responsible for a modification of the structures of phthiocerol dimycocerosates and phenolic glycolipids.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 2 Oct 2009
Huet Gaëlle, Constant Patricia, Malaga Wladimir, Lanéelle Marie-Antoinette, Kremer Kristin, van Soolingen Dick, Daffé Mamadou, Guilhot Christophe
Abstract excerpt
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains are a family highly prevalent in Asia and have recently spread worldwide, causing a number of epidemics, suggesting that they express virulence factors not found in other M. tuberculosis strains. Accordingly, we looked for putative characteristic com...
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