Characterization of the transcriptional initiation regions of genes for the major secreted protein antigens 85C and MPB51 of Mycobacterium bovis BCG

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 303-310

  Ohara, Naoya ^a   Nishiyama, Takeshi ^a   Ohara Wada, Naoko ^a   Matsumoto, Sohkichi ^a   Matsuo, Takemitsu ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

85 complex; mRNA analysis; Mycobacterium bovis BCG; transcription; antigen

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031278403     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1997.0159     Document Type: Article

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