Molecular and immunological analyses of the Mycobacterium avium homolog of the immunodominant Mycobacterium leprae 35-kilodalton protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2684-2690

  Triccas, James A ^a,d   Winter, Nathalie ^a,d   Roche, Paul W ^a,e   Gilpin, Andrea ^b   Kendrick, Kathleen E ^c   Britton, Warwick J ^a  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0031865150     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2684-2690.1998     Document Type: Article

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