Identification of epitopes of fibronectin attachment protein (FAP-A) of Mycobacterium avium which stimulate strong T-cell responses in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1261-1264

  Holsti, Matthew A ^a   Schorey, Jeffrey S ^a   Brown, Eric J ^a   Allen, Paul M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031888615     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1261-1264.1998     Document Type: Article

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