Mapping and identification of the major cell wall-associated components of Mycobacterium leprae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2625-2631

  Marques, Maria Angela M ^a,b   Chitale, Sadhana ^b   Brennan, Patrick J ^b   Pessolani, Maria Cristina V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0031813669     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2625-2631.1998     Document Type: Article

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