The Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESAT-6 homologue in Listeria monocytogenes is dispensable for growth in vitro and in vivo

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 6151-6153

  Way, Sing Sing ^a   Wilson, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 23944460109     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.6151-6153.2005     Document Type: Article

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