Survival of mice infected with Mycobacterium smegmatis containing large DNA fragments from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-180

  Bange, F C ^a,b   Collins, F M ^c   Jacobs, W R ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0345621667     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tuld.1998.0201     Document Type: Article

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