Dopa-oxidase activity on ICRC bacilli.
Indian J Lepr
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1984 Jan-Mar; 56(1): 58-62
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ABSTRACT
Presence of O-phenoloxidase is regarded as M. leprae specific character. This enzyme activity was found to be present in ICRC bacilli, Strain C-44. Though this strain is cultivable 'in vitro', the expression of DOPA-Oxidase activity strongly suggests that it carries M. leprae genome. The ICRC bacilli, therefore, may thus from a group of M. leprae culture isolates, distinct from other known cultivable mycobacteria which do not possess this enzyme activity.
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Main subject:
Species Specificity
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Humans
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Catechol Oxidase
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Monophenol Monooxygenase
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Leprosy
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
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Mycobacterium avium
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Mycobacterium leprae
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Lepr
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1984
Type:
Article
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