Glycopeptidolipid of Mycobacterium smegmatis J15cs Affects Morphology and Survival in Host Cells.

Mycobacterium smegmatis has been widely used as a mycobacterial infection model. Unlike the M. smegmatis mc(2)155 strain, M. smegmatis J15cs strain has the advantage of surviving for one week in murine macrophages. In our previous report, we clarified that the J15cs strain has deleted apolar glycope...

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Main Authors: Nagatoshi Fujiwara, Naoya Ohara, Midori Ogawa, Shinji Maeda, Takashi Naka, Hatsumi Taniguchi, Saburo Yamamoto, Minoru Ayata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4430512?pdf=render