Identification of secreted proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a bioinformatic approach

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2323-2327

  Gomez, Manuel ^a   Johnson, Sadie ^a   Gennaro, Maria Laura ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE;

ALGORITHMS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0034059725     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2323-2327.2000     Document Type: Article

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