Identification of a 25-kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium bovis BCG to distinguish BCG strains from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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作者
Kumar, D [1 ]
Srivastava, BS [1 ]
Singh, NB [1 ]
Srivastava, R [1 ]
机构
[1] CENT DRUG RES INST,DIV MICROBIAL GENET,LUCKNOW 226001,UTTAR PRADESH,INDIA
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10.1128/JCM.34.1.224-226.1996
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Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine strains were compared with A Mycobacterium tuberculosis by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, A 25-kDa protein observed in the BCG strains was absent in M. tuberculosis. Rabbit antibodies specific to the 25-kDa protein uniquely identified this protein in BCG strains but not in M. tuberculosis. It is suggested that the 25-kDa protein acid polyclonal antibodies directed against this antigen can be exploited to distinguish BCG strains from M. tuberculosis.
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