Molecular cloning, purification, and serological characterization of MPT63, a novel antigen secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-23

  Manca, Claudia ^a   Lyashchenko, Konstantin ^a   Wiker, Harald Gotten ^b   Usai, Donatella ^b,c   Colangeli, Roberto ^a   Gennaro, Maria Laura ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0031024720     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.1.16-23.1997     Document Type: Article

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