Key Epitopes on the ESAT-6 Antigen Recognized in Mice during the Recall of Protective Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3527-3533

  Brandt, Lise ^a   Oettinger, Thomas ^a   Holm, Arne ^b   Andersen, Åse B ^a   Andersen, Peter ^a,c  

^a TB Research Unit   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Statens Seruminstitut   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; ESAT 6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ESAT-6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030587887     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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