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- noun biochemistry A
lipoglycan associated with somebacteria of the genus Mycobacterium.
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Schaeffer ML, Khoo KH, Besra GS, Chatterjee D, Brennan PJ, et al. (1999) The pimB gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes a mannosyltransferase involved in lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kushagra Bansal et al. 2009
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Garg A, Barnes PF, Roy S, Quiroga MF, Wu S, et al. (2008) Mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan - and prostaglandin E2-dependent expansion of regulatory T cells in human
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean N. Manirarora et al. 2008
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M. tuberculosis, Mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM), has been shown to induce expansion of CD4
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean N. Manirarora et al. 2008
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