Characterisation of complex formation between members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex CFP-10/ESAT-6 protein family: Towards an understanding of the rules governing complex formation and thereby functional flexibility

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Lightbody, Kirsty L ^a   Renshaw, Philip S ^a   Collins, Michelle L ^b   Wright, Rebecca L ^a   Hunt, Debbie M ^c   Gordon, Stephen V ^d   Hewinson, R Glyn ^d   Buxton, Roger S ^c   Williamson, Richard A ^b   Carr, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Natl Institute for Medical Research

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFP 10; ESAT 6; ESAT 6 family members; Protein protein interaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CFP 10 PROTEIN; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; HYBRID; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 4444243999     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.07.043     Document Type: Article

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