Molecular definition and identification of new proteins of Mycobacterium leprae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5425-5427

  Pessolani, Maria Cristina V ^a,b   Brennan, Patrick J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SULFURTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENOME; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029844210     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5425-5427.1996     Document Type: Article

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