Immunoreactivity of mycobacterial 70 kDa protein in different physico-chemical forms

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 106, Issue JULY, 1997, Pages 13-15

  Verma, Indu ^a   Yadav, Deepak ^a   Sharma, Sudhir ^a   Sinha, Rakesh ^a   Khuller, G K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

70 kDa; Immunoreactivity; Liposomes; Mycobacterial; Protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FREUND ADJUVANT; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIPOSOMES; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES;

EID: 0030757138     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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