An investigation of the antimycobacterial mechanisms of macrophages and potential virulence factors of mycobacteria
Polyamine oxidation and tryptophan degradation were assessed as potential oxygen-independent antimycobacterial mechanisms of guinea-pig alveolar macrophages. Products of polyamine oxidation other than hydrogen peroxide had bactericidal effects on all the tested strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis,...
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University of Leicester
1998
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696431 |