The effects of microbacterial mycolic acids on rodent tuberculosis and adjuvant arthritis

Mycolic acids, the characteristic, abundant waxes of the cell wall of Mycobacteria were purified by Counter Current Distribution (CCD) from alkaline methanolytic crude extracts of bacteria, aiming at investigating their role in eliciting immune responses. Crude mycobacterial cell-wall extracts were...

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Main Author: Siko, Dismore Gilbert Ramathudi
Other Authors: Prof J Verschoor
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25918
Siko, DGR 1999, The effects of mycobacterial mycolic acids on rodent tuberculosis and adjuvant arthritis, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25918 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06282010-155923/

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