Comparative evaluation of low-molecular-mass proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis identifies members of the ESAT-6 family as immunodominant T-cell antigens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 214-220

  Skjøt, Rikke Louise Vinther ^a   Oettinger, Thomas ^a   Rosenkrands, Ida ^a   Ravn, Pernille ^a   Brock, Inger ^a   Jacobsen, Susanne ^b   Andersen, Peter ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BCG VACCINE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033966029     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.1.214-220.2000     Document Type: Article

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