Expression analysis of proteases of Mycobacterium leprae in human skin lesions

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 249-254

  Ribeiro Guimarães, Michelle Lopes ^a,b   Tempone, Antonio Jorge ^a   Amaral, Julio Jablonski ^a,b   Nery, Jose Augusto ^a   Gomes Antunes, Sergio Luiz ^a   Pessolani, Maria Cristina Vidal ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Expression; Leprosy; Lesion; Mycobacterium leprae; Proteases; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLPC GENE; GCP GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HTRA2 GENE; HTRA4 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCP1 GENE; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SKIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 34548653876     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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