Identification of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens with potential as diagnostic reagents or subunit vaccine candidates by comparative genomics

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6996-7003

  Cockle, P J ^a   Gordon, S V ^a   Lalvani, A ^b   Buddle, B M ^c   Hewinson, R G ^a   Vordermeier, H M ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; GENOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036892186     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.6996-7003.2002     Document Type: Article

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