Analysis of the phthiocerol dimycocerosate locus of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Evidence that this lipid is involved in the cell wall permeability barrier.

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Published in J Biol Chem on March 13, 2001

Authors

L R Camacho1, P Constant, C Raynaud, M A Laneelle, J A Triccas, B Gicquel, M Daffe, C Guilhot

Author Affiliations

1: Unité de Génétique Mycobactérienne, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75725 Paris Cedex 15, France.

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