The N-terminal domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE17 (Rv1168c) protein plays a dominant role in inducing antibody responses in active TB patients

The PPE (proline-proline-glutamic acid) proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are characterized by a conserved N-terminal domain of approximately 180 amino acids and variable C-terminal domain. Since last decade, these proteins have gained much importance in the serodiagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) a...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Abraham, Philip Raj, Pathak, Niteen, Pradhan, Gourango, Sumanlatha, Gaddam, Mukhopadhyay, Sangita
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484515/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28651002
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179965
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