A novel method for monitoring Mycobacterium bovis BCG trafficking with recombinant BCG expressing green fluorescent protein

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 761-768

  Luo, Y I ^a,b   Szilvasi, Akos ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a   DeWolf, William C ^a   O'Donnell, Michael A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOKINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MITOMYCIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; DRUG MONITORING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERNALIZATION; MICROFILAMENT; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029966762     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.6.761-768.1996     Document Type: Article

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