Bacterial glycoproteins: A link between glycosylation and proteolytic cleavage of a 19 kDa antigen from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 3547-3554

  Herrmann, J L ^a,b   O'Gaora, P ^a   Gallagher, A ^a   Thole, J E R ^a   Young, D B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Glycoproteins; Mycobacteria; Proteolysis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LECTIN BINDING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029896457     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00724.x     Document Type: Article

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