Profiling of Intracellular Metabolites: An Approach to Understanding the Characteristic Physiology of Mycobacterium leprae.

• Main Authors: Yuji Miyamoto (Author), Tetsu Mukai (Author), Masanori Matsuoka (Author), Masanori Kai (Author), Yumi Maeda (Author), Masahiko Makino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent of leprosy and also known to possess unique features such as inability to proliferate in vitro. Among the cellular components of M. leprae, various glycolipids present on the cell envelope are well characterized and some of them are identified to be pathog...