Intracellular <named-content content-type="genus-species">Mycobacterium leprae</named-content> Utilizes Host Glucose as a Carbon Source in Schwann Cells

ABSTRACT New approaches are needed to control leprosy, but understanding of the biology of the causative agent Mycobacterium leprae remains rudimentary, principally because the pathogen cannot be grown in axenic culture. Here, we applied 13C isotopomer analysis to measure carbon metabolism of M. lep...

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Main Authors: Khushboo Borah, Karina do Carmo de Vasconcelos Girardi, Tom A. Mendum, Leticia Miranda Santos Lery, Dany J. V. Beste, Flavio Alves Lara, Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani, Johnjoe McFadden
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Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fef48e6de36f4127b20229e6a93e3109
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