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lipoarabinomannan

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  • noun biochemistry A lipoglycan associated with some bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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