Identification of Mycobacterium bovis antigens by analysis of bovine T-cell responses after infection with a virulent strain

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1523-1531

  Alito, A ^a   McNair, J ^b   Girvin, R M ^b   Zumarraga, M ^a   Bigi, F ^a   Pollock, J M ^b   Cataldi, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigens; Bovine tuberculosis; Cellular immunity; Mycobacterium bovis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL EXTRACT; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0242490900     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003001100011     Document Type: Article

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