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Non-acid-fastness in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (delta)kasB mutant correlates with the cell envelope electron density
Tuberculosis , 05/10/2012
Yamada H et al. – The results suggested that altered MA patterns in the kasB mutant may have affected the packing of the lipid rich layer of the M. tuberculosis cell envelope, resulting in a reduced electron density of this layer as seen by cryo–transmission electron microscopy and loss of acid–fastness in light microscopical observation, and the authors propose a novel model of the cell envelope structure in tubercle bacilli.
