Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes involved in resistance to killing by human macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 387-390

  Miller, Barbara H ^a,c   Shinnick, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0033981936     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.1.387-390.2000     Document Type: Article

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