Microarray analysis of Mycobacterium microti reveals deletion of genes encoding PE-PPE proteins and ESAT-6 family antigens

Tuberculosis

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 159-166

  Garcia Pelayo, M Carmen ^a   Caimi, Karina C ^b   Inwald, Jacqueline K ^a   Hinds, Jason ^c   Bigi, Fabiana ^b   Romano, Maria I ^b   Van Soolingen, Dick ^d   Hewinson, R Glyn ^a   Cataldi, Angel ^b   Gordon, Stephen V ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ESAT 6; Mycobacterium microti; PPE; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; LIVE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042706681     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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