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  • Title: Dopa-oxidase activity on ICRC bacilli.
    Author: Kale VP, Bhat AV, Bapat CV.
    Journal: Indian J Lepr; 1984; 56(1):58-62. PubMed ID: 6434641.
    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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