Delayed-type hypersensitivity activity of the brucella L7/L12 ribosomal protein depends on posttranslational modification

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 267-271

  Bachrach, Gilad ^a   Banai, Menachem ^b   Fishman, Yolanta ^a   Bercovier, Herve ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALMITIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ACYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; CELL LYSATE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; GLYCOSYLATION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0031014524     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.1.267-271.1997     Document Type: Article

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