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1988 • 384 citations

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1985 • 334 citations

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1985 • 316 citations

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1987 • 231 citations

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1986 • 164 citations

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1988 • 152 citations

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1986 • 117 citations

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1989 • 114 citations

Use of recombinant antigens expressed in Escherichia coli K-12 to map B-cell and T-cell epitopes on the immunodominant 65-kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium bovis BCG

1988 • 101 citations

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1988 • 71 citations

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1980 • 58 citations

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1989 • 56 citations

A major immunogenic 36,000-molecular-weight antigen from Mycobacterium leprae contains an immunoreactive region of proline-rich repeats

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A 28-kDa protein from Mycobacterium leprae is a target of the human antibody response in lepromatous leprosy.

1988 • 53 citations

Monoclonal antibodies to a 28,000 mol. wt protein antigen of Mycobacterium leprae.

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Studies of mycobacterial antigens, with special reference to Mycobacterium leprae

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