Mycobacterium tuberculosis capsular alpha-glucan biosynthesis and characterisation of host-pathogen

Short title	Mycobacterium tuberculosis capsular alpha-glucan biosynthesis and characterisation of host-pathogen
Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	1/09/10 → 31/08/13

Differential arabinan capping of lipoarabinomannan modulates innate immune responses and impacts T helper cell differentiation
Mishra, A. K., Alves, J. E., Krumbach, K., Nigou, J., Castro, A. G., Geurtsen, J., Eggeling, L., Saraiva, M. & Besra, G. S., 2012, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287, 53, p. 44173-83 11 p.
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15 Citations (Scopus)
Ppm1-encoded polyprenyl monophosphomannose synthase activity is essential for lipoglycan synthesis and survival in mycobacteria
Rana, A. K., Singh, A., Gurcha, S. S., Cox, L. R., Bhatt, A. & Besra, G. S., 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 10, p. e48211
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20 Citations (Scopus)
Self-poisoning of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by targeting GlgE in an alpha-glucan pathway
Kalscheuer, R., Syson, K., Veeraraghavan, U., Weinrick, B., Biermann, K., Liu, Z., Sacchettini, J., Besra, G., Bornemann, S. & Jacobs, W., 1 May 2010, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 6, 5, p. 376-384 9 p.
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116 Citations (Scopus)

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