Mycobacterium leprae Binds to a Major Human Peripheral Nerve Glycoprotein Myelin P Zero (P0)

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1393-1399

  Suneetha, Lavanya M ^a   Singh, Surya S ^b   Vani, Meher ^a   Vardhini, Deena ^a   Scollard, David ^c   Archelos, Juan J ^d   Srinivasulu, M ^e   Suneetha, Sujai ^a  

^a LEPRA Society   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e MNJ Cancer Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Human peripheral nerve; Mycobacterium leprae; Myelin P0; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DEMYELINATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNALIZATION; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SCHWANN CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECIPITATION;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; COPPER; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYELIN P0 PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0042880979     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024904717612     Document Type: Article

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