The six mammalian cell entry proteins (Mce3A-F) encoded by the mce3 operon are expressed during in vitro growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-24

  Ahmad, S ^a   El Shazly, S ^a   Mustafa, A S ^a   Al Attiyah, R ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MAMMALIAN CELL ENTRY 3; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL WALL; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPERON; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 22644435472     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2005.01639.x     Document Type: Article

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