title: A protein antigen of Mycobacterium leprae is related to a family of small heat shock proteins.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Nerland
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mustafa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sweetser
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Godal
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins