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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Biochemistry

The immunochemistry of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Research Output

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Molobela I P, Cloete TE, Beukes M: 2010. Protease and amylase enzymes for biofilm removal and degradation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens bacteria. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 4 (14) / July, pp 1515-1524, Full Text

Beukes M, Lemmer Y, Deysel MSM, AL Dulayymi JR, Baird MS, Koza G, Maximiliano I, Rowles RR, Theunissen C, Grooten J, Toschi G, Roberts VV, Pilcher (Collett) LA, Van Wyngaardt S, Mathebula NS, Balogun MO, Stoltz AC, Verschoor JA: 2010. Structure-function relationships of the antigenicity of mycolic acids in tuberculosis patients. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 163, pp 800-808.

Semete B, Booysen LIJ, Lemmer Y, Kalombo L, Katata L, Verschoor JA, Swai H: 2010. In vivo evaluation of the biodistribution and safety of PLGA nanoparticles as drug delivery systems. Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology And Medicine, 6, pp 662-671.

Ozoemena KI, Mathebula NS, Pillay J, Toschi G, Verschoor JA: 2010. Electron transfer dynamics across self-assembled N-(2-mercaptoethyl) octadecanamide / mycolic acid layers: impedimetric insights into the structural integrity and interaction with anti-mycolic acid antibodies. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, pp 345-357, Full Text

Driver CHS, Balogun MO, Toschi G, Verschoor JA, Baird MS, Pilcher (Collett) LA: 2010. A biomimetic approach to the synthesis of a mycolic acid motif. Tetrahedron Letters, 51 (51) / Dec, pp 1185-1186, Full Text

Semete B, Booysen LIJ, Kalombo L, Venter JD, Katata L, Ramalapa B, Verschoor JA, Swai H: 2010. In vivo uptake and acute immune response to orally administered chitosan and PEG coated PLGA nanoparticles. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 249, pp 158-165, Full Text

Patents:

Verschoor JA, Beukes M: 2010. A method of detecting surrogate markers in a serum sample. (P49728ZP00 CPF/AA).

 

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