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Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Activity of Mycobacterium leprae and Occurrence of γ-Amino Butyric Acid in Skin Lesions of Leprosy

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IN 1872 Hansen characterized Mycobacterium leprae as the causative agent in human leprosy. Hitherto, all attempts to cultivate this organism in vitro or to transmit it to experimental animals have met with little success, and the metabolism of this micro-organism has remained completely unknown.

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PRABHAKARAN, K., BRAGANCA, B. Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Activity of Mycobacterium leprae and Occurrence of γ-Amino Butyric Acid in Skin Lesions of Leprosy. Nature 196, 589–590 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196589a0

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