Lack of production of the 19-kDa glycolipoprotein in certain strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-249

  Lathigra, R ^b   Zhang, Y ^a,c   Hill, M ^a   Garcia, M J ^a   Jackett, P S ^a   Ivanyi, J ^a  

^a MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Medlmmune Inc   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenicity; Glycolipoprotein; Mutations; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Transformation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029871336     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)81384-2     Document Type: Article

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