Immunological characterization of α antigen of Mycobacterium kansasii: B-cell epitope mapping

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-78

  Naito, M ^a   Ohara, N ^a   Matsumoto, S ^a   Yamada, T ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0031870877     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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