A protein antigen of Mycobacterium leprae is related to a family of small heat shock proteins.
The gene encoding an immunologically important 18-kilodalton protein antigen of Mycobacterium leprae has been sequenced, and the amino acid sequence of the antigen has been deduced. The 18-kilodalton antigen is strikingly similar in size and sequence to a family of eucaryotic heat shock proteins.
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Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo.
Mustafa
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Sweetser
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Godal
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Young
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013025:Glycine max
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins