The mammalian cell entry operon 1 (mce1) of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-177

  Wiker, Harald G ^a   Spierings, Eric ^b   Kolkman, Marc A B ^b   Ottenhoff, Tom H M ^b   Harboe, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mammalian cell entry gene; Mycobacterium leprae; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032871598     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0298     Document Type: Article

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