Heterologous expression of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene encoding antigen 85A in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4392-4400

  Salim, K ^a   Haedens, V ^a   Content, J ^b   Leblon, G ^a   Huygen, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030658935     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4392-4400.1997     Document Type: Article

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