Search Results - "Di Capua, Cecilia B"

Complete auxotrophy for unsaturated fatty acids requires deletion of two sets of genes in Mycobacterium smegmatis by Di Capua, Cecilia B., Doprado, Mariana, Belardinelli, Juan Manuel, Morbidoni, Héctor R.

“…Summary The synthesis of unsaturated fatty acids in Mycobacterium smegmatis is poorly characterized. Bioinformatic analysis revealed four putative fatty acid…”
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Deletion of MSMEG_1350 in Mycobacterium smegmatis causes loss of epoxy-mycolic acids, fitness alteration at low temperature and resistance to a set of mycobacteriophages by Di Capua, Cecilia B, Belardinelli, Juan M, Buchieri, María V, Bortolotti, Ana, Franceschelli, Jorgelina J, Morbidoni, Héctor R

“…Mycobacterium smegmatis is intrinsically resistant to thiacetazone, an anti-tubercular thiourea; however we report here that it causes a mild inhibition in…”
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Unveiling the Biosynthetic Pathway for Short Mycolic Acids in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Mycobacterium smegmatis MSMEG_4301 and Its Ortholog Mycobacterium abscessus MAB_1915 Are Essential for the Synthesis of α′-Mycolic Acids by Di Capua, Cecilia B., Belardinelli, Juan M., Carignano, Hugo A., Buchieri, María V., Suarez, Cristian A., Morbidoni, Héctor R.

“…Mycolic acids, a hallmark of the genus Mycobacterium, are unique branched long-chain fatty acids produced by a complex biosynthetic pathway. Due to their…”
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