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  • noun organic chemistry A hydroxy derivative of a methyltetratriacontane that is a characteristic constituent of the waxes of tubercule 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

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

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