Understanding the biology of 16 kDa antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Scope in diagnosis, vaccine design and therapy

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-357

  Siddiqui, Kaneez Fatima ^a   Amir, Mohammed ^a   Agrewala, Javed Naim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

16kDa antigen; Diagnosis; Latency; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN 1; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN 2; BACTERIAL VACCINE; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS 16 KDA ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS 16 KDA ANTIGEN VACCINE; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DELETION MUTANT; DORMANCY; DRUG TARGETING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE; MULTIPLEX MICRO BEAD IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NONREPLICATING PHASE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80053637477     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2011.606425     Document Type: Review

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