Cloning and expression of immunoreactive antigens from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 600-606

  Lim, Renee Lay Hong ^a   Tan, Li Kiang ^a   Lau, Wai Fun ^a   Chung, Maxey Ching Ming ^a   Dunn, Roseanne ^a,b   Too, Heng Phon ^a   Chan, Lily ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; IMMUNITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0343627808     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.4.600-606.2000     Document Type: Article

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