The RD1 proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis and biochemical characterization

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1082-1095

  Daugelat, Sabine ^a,b   Kowall, Jane ^a   Mattow, Jens ^a   Bumann, Dirk ^a   Winter, Ralf ^a   Hurwitz, Robert ^a   Kaufmann, Stefan H E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Novartis Inst Trop Dis Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glycosylation; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Protein; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; ENZYME; EPITOPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYHISTIDINE; REGION OF DELETION 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE INDUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPORTER GENE;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0141861069     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(03)00205-3     Document Type: Article

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