Regions of high antigenicity within the hypothetical PPE major polymorphic tandem repeat open-reading frame, Rv2608, show a differential humoral response and a low T cell response in various categories of patients with tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1237-1244

  Chakhaiyar, Prachee ^a   Nagalakshmi, Yellajosyula ^b   Aruna, Bandi ^a   Murthy, Kolluri J R ^b   Katoch, Vishwa M ^c   Hasnain, Seyed E ^a,d  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^b Mahavir Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^c NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^d CDFD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RV2430C; PROTEIN RV2608; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PPE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; RELAPSE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RV2430C GENE; RV2608 GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TANDEM REPEAT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4644269598     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423938     Document Type: Article

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