The Specificity of Methyl Transferases I
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Benjamin G. Schroeder; Clifton E. Barry 3rd
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Trans mycolic acid content is directly related to cell wall fluidity and permeability in mycobacteria. Carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy of mycolic acids isolated from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MSM) fed 13 C-labeled precursor molecules was used to probe the biosynthetic