The etiologic agents of leprosy and tuberculosis share an immunoreactive protein antigen with the vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG.
The amino acid sequences of the 65-kilodalton antigens of Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium bovis BCG display greater than 95% homology.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000235:genetics; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D000939:Epitopes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D000939:Epitopes; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes