Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Carbohydrates or derivatives
Patent
1996-03-27
1997-12-23
Housel, James C.
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Carbohydrates or derivatives
435183, 536 232, 536 234, 536 237, C07H 2102, C07H 2104, C12N 900
Patent
active
057009252
ABSTRACT:
SigF is a gene that controls M. tuberculosis latency. A diagnostic test for latent tuberculosis involves detecting M. tuberculosis sigF in clinical specimens. A tuberculosis vaccine includes a M. tuberculosis strain with a mutation which disrupts the reading frame of its sigF gene.
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Bishai William R.
DeMaio James
Young Douglas B.
Zhang Ying
Housel James C.
Swartz Rodney P.
The Johns Hopkins University
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