title: Structure, function and biogenesis of the cell envelope of mycobacteria in relation to bacterial physiology, pathogenesis and drug resistance; some thoughts and possibilities arising from recent structural information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Brennan
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005685:Galactans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005685:Galactans; D006017:Glycolipids; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009171:Mycolic Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; C050016:lipoarabinomannan; C005653:arabinogalactan