α-Mycolic acid, keto cis
α-Mycolic acid, keto cis is a structural lipid component of mycobacterial cell wall. α-Mycolic acid, keto cis can be isolated from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Canetti. α-Mycolic acid, keto cis significantly modulates membrane permeability and stability, promising for mycobacterium tuberculosis infection research.
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- CAS No.: 2260795-20-6
- Formula: C86H168O4
- Molecular Weight:1266.25
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Biological Activity
Description
Chemical Information
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CAS No. 2260795-20-6
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Molecular Weight 1266.25
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Formula C86H168O4
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SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[C@@H](C(O)=O)[C@H](O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1C(C1)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(C(C)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)=O
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Structure Classification
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Initial Source
Mycobacterium bovis
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Shipping
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.
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Storage
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Protocols
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Research Protocol for Infectious Diseases
Infectious-disease experiments test how pathogens interact with host barriers, innate immune receptors, inflammatory signaling, pathogen replication, and tissue injury; pattern-recognition receptors such as TLRs, RIG-I-like receptors, NOD-like receptors, and inflammasomes detect microbial molecules and activate NF-κB, interferon, and cytokine responses. The central hypothesis is that infection severity reflects the balance between pathogen burden and host response: protective inflammation restricts pathogen growth, whereas excessive or mislocalized inflammation contributes to tissue damage and disease phenotype. Unresolved questions include which host pathways are protective versus pathogenic, why some infection models fail to translate to human disease, and which combined readouts best predict clinically relevant infection outcomes.
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Transepithelial/transendothelial electrical resistance assay
TEER measures electrical resistance across epithelial or endothelial monolayers cultured on permeable supports, and the readout reflects ionic conductance through the cell barrier, especially the paracellular pathway regulated by junctional integrity. TEER can be measured without destroying the monolayer and is commonly used before or during transport, permeability, barrier-disruption, and barrier-maturation experiments. TEER values are influenced by biological maturation and technical conditions; reported factors include temperature, medium formulation, passage number, electrode geometry, membrane properties, and junctional length during early monolayer maturation. Therefore, TEER should be interpreted with blank-insert subtraction, area normalization, repeated readings, and, when possible, orthogonal barrier readouts such as FITC-dextran flux or tight-junction staining.
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Calculators
Concentration (start) × Volume (start) = Concentration (final) × Volume (final)
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