@article{15781,
  keywords = {Catechol Oxidase, Humans, leprosy, Monophenol Monooxygenase, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium leprae, Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Species Specificity},
  author = {Kale V P and Bhat A V and BAPAT C V},
  title = {Dopa-oxidase activity on ICRC bacilli.},
  abstract = {<p>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.</p>},
  year = {1984},
  journal = {Indian journal of leprosy},
  volume = {56},
  pages = {58-62},
  month = {1984 Jan-Mar},
  issn = {0254-9395},
  language = {eng},
}