Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis expressed during preclinical tuberculosis: Serological immunodominance of proteins with repetitive amino acid sequences

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 4185-4191

  Singh, K K ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Patibandla, A S ^a   Chien P , Jr ^a   Laal, S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PROLINE; PROTEIN; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEROLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RABBITS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035013083     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.4185-4191.2001     Document Type: Article

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