Critical Roles for Lipomannan and Lipoarabinomannan in Cell Wall Integrity of Mycobacteria and Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis - Fukuda, Takeshi; Matsumura, Takayuki; Ato, Manabu; Hamasaki, Maho; Nishiuchi, Yukiko; Murakami, Yoshiko; Maeda, Yusuke; Yoshimori, Tamotsu; Matsumoto, Sohkichi; Kobayashi, Kazuo; Kinoshita, Taroh; Morita, Yasu S. (mBio, 2013)
Keywords: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; beta-lactam antibiotics; beta-lactams; beta-Lactams - pharmacology; biochemical pathways; Cell Wall - metabolism; Cell Wall - physiology; cell wall components; cell walls; drug therapy; Female; glycolipids; immunomodulation; Lipopolysaccharides - metabolism; macrophages; Macrophages - immunology; Macrophages - microbiology; mannose; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Microbial Viability; mutants; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Mycobacterium smegmatis - drug effects; Mycobacterium smegmatis - metabolism; Mycobacterium smegmatis - pathogenicity; Mycobacterium smegmatis - physiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - metabolism; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - pathogenicity; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - physiology; pathogenesis; people; polymers; protective effect; tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - microbiology; virulence