Varalakshmi Vissa

Characterization of the epitope of anti-lipoarabinomannan antibodies as the terminal hexaarabinofuranosyl motif of mycobacterial arabinans.

Identification of a novel class of omega,E,E-farnesyl diphosphate synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Multiple polymorphic loci for molecular typing of strains of Mycobacterium leprae.

Comparative analysis of B- and T-cell epitopes of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture filtrate protein 10.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85A and 85C structures confirm binding orientation and conserved substrate specificity.

Inactivation of the mycobacterial rhamnosyltransferase, which is needed for the formation of the arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan linker, leads to irreversible loss of viability.

Roles of conserved proline and glycosyltransferase motifs of EmbC in biosynthesis of lipoarabinomannan.

The carboxy terminus of EmbC from Mycobacterium smegmatis mediates chain length extension of the arabinan in lipoarabinomannan.

Genetic basis for the synthesis of the immunomodulatory mannose caps of lipoarabinomannan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Biosynthesis of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan: role of a branching mannosyltransferase.

New frontiers in tuberculosis research.

Identification and distribution of Mycobacterium leprae genotypes in a region of high leprosy prevalence in China: a 3-year molecular epidemiological study.

[Study of rifampin and dapsone resistance in three patients with recurring leprosy].

Genotyping North American animal Mycobacterium bovis isolates using multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis.

Rapid variable-number tandem-repeat genotyping for Mycobacterium leprae clinical specimens.

Initiation of methylglucose lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in mycobacteria.

Population-based molecular epidemiology of leprosy in Cebu, Philippines.

VNTR typing studies of Mycobacterium leprae in China: assessment of methods and stability of markers during treatment.

A continuation: study and characterisation of Mycobacterium leprae short tandem repeat genotypes and transmission of leprosy in Cebu, Philippines.

Molecular epidemiology of leprosy based on VNTR typing in Thailand.

VNTR typing of Mycobacterium leprae in South Indian leprosy patients.

Genetic diversity of mycobacterium leprae isolates from Brazilian leprosy patients.

Identification and comparison of Mycobacterium leprae genotypes in two geographical regions of Colombia.

Characterisation of short tandem repeats for genotyping Mycobacterium leprae.

Transmission of leprosy in Qiubei County, Yunnan, China: insights from an 8-year molecular epidemiology investigation.

[Study on the factors influencing steady transmission of leprosy in Qiubei county, China].

Transmission of dapsone-resistant leprosy detected by molecular epidemiological approaches.

Serum metabolomics reveals higher levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids in lepromatous leprosy: potential markers for susceptibility and pathogenesis.

Real-time PCR and high resolution melt analysis for rapid detection of Mycobacterium leprae drug resistance mutations and strain types.

A study of the distribution of Mycobacterium leprae strains among cases in a rural and urban population of Maharashtra, India.

SNP Genotypes of Mycobacterium leprae Isolates in Thailand and Their Combination with rpoT and TTC Genotyping for Analysis of Leprosy Distribution and Transmission.