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- noun organic chemistry A
hydroxy derivative of amethyl tetratriacontane that is a characteristic constituent of thewaxes oftubercule bacilli
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Chesne-Seck ML, Barilone N, Boudou F, Gonzalo Asensio J, Kolattukudy PE, et al. (2008) A point mutation in the two-component regulator PhoP-PhoR accounts for the absence of polyketide-derived acyltrehaloses but not that of phthiocerol dimycocerosates in
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