Expression and functional characterisation of the clpC gene of Mycobacterium leprae: ClpC protein elicits human antibody response

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-104

  Misra, Namita ^a   Habib, Saman ^b   Ranjan, Akash ^b   Hasnain, Seyed E ^b   Nath, Indira ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Institute of Immunology   (India)

Author keywords

ATP binding; Leprosy; Mycobacterial protease; Rabbit reticulocyte lysate; Seroreactivity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RABBIT; RETICULOCYTE LYSATE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0029997773     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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