Variation of the expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ppe44 gene among clinical isolates

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Rindi, Laura ^a   Peroni, Irene ^a   Lari, Nicoletta ^a   Bonanni, Daniela ^a   Tortoli, Enrico ^b   Garzelli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigenic variability; Expression; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PPE proteins

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PPE44 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35148871187     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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