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. 2006 Mar 16;25(7):1436–1444. doi: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601048

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Structure of the phthiocerol dimycocerosates of M. tuberculosis. The long chain β-diol (phthiocerol moiety) is esterified with two mycocerosic acids; n=20–22; n′, n″=16, 18; p, p′=2–5; R=−CH2−CH3 or −CH3.