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Identification of a human immunodominant T-cell epitope of mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen PPE44

BACKGROUND: Recently our group has identified a novel antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, protein PPE44, belonging to the "PPE protein" family. Although its role in infection is largely unknown, PPE44-specific immune responses were detected in mice infected with M. tuberculosis; moreove...

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Autores principales: Cuccu, Barbara, Freer, Giulia, Genovesi, Alessandro, Garzelli, Carlo, Rindi, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21787411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-11-167