Disruption of the genes encoding antigen 85A and antigen 85B of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv: Effect on growth in culture and in macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 767-778

  Armitige, Lisa Y ^a,b   Jagannath, Chinnaswamy ^a   Wanger, Audrey R ^a   Norris, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; KANAMYCIN; PLASMID VECTOR; TRANSFERASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033983325     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.767-778.2000     Document Type: Article

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