The etiologic agents of leprosy and tuberculosis share an immunoreactive protein antigen with the vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG

The 65-kilodalton antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1987 • 391 citations

Genes for the major protein antigens of the leprosy parasite Mycobacterium leprae

1985 • 316 citations

Efficient mapping of protein antigenic determinants.

1986 • 292 citations

Characterization, sequence determination, and immunogenicity of a 64-kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium bovis BCG expressed in escherichia coli K-12

1987 • 252 citations

A conditional lethal mutation in an Escherichia coli strain with a longer chemical lifetime of messenger RNA

1979 • 241 citations

Cloning of Mycobacterium bovis BCG DNA and expression of antigens in Escherichia coli

1985 • 160 citations

A recombinant 64 kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin specifically stimulates human T4 clones reactive to mycobacterial antigens.

1986 • 146 citations

Selective Primary Health Care: Strategies for Control of Disease in the Developing World. V. Leprosy

1983 • 142 citations

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Relatedness Among Selected Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium bovis BCG, Mycobacterium microti, and Mycobacterium africanum

1985 • 115 citations

Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis (BCG) and M. leprae.

1984 • 107 citations

Human T cell clones recognize two abundant Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein antigens expressed in Escherichia coli.

1987 • 101 citations

Mycobacterium leprae antigens involved in human immune responses. I. Identification of four antigens by monoclonal antibodies.

1985 • 97 citations

PROTECTIVE EFFICACY OF BCG AGAINST LEPROSY IN NORTHERN MALAWI

1986 • 94 citations

Studies with Monoclonal Antibodies to Mycobacteria

1985 • 88 citations

Immunochemical characterization of a protein associated with Mycobacterium leprae cell wall

1985 • 87 citations

Characterization of antibody-reactive epitopes on the 65-kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium leprae

1987 • 77 citations

Immunoreactivity of a 70 kD protein purified from Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin by monoclonal antibody affinity chromatography.

1986 • 65 citations

Genes for the major protein antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the etiologic agents of tuberculosis and leprosy share an immunodominant antigen.

1987 • 59 citations

Cloning, sequence analysis, and expression of alteration of the mRNA stability gene (ams+) of Escherichia coli

1985 • 55 citations

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

1985 • 44 citations

Leprosy and tuberculosis—an epidemiological comparison

1984 • 41 citations

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Relatedness Among Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium lepraemurium, and Selected Bacteria by Dot Blot and Spectrophotometric Deoxyribonucleic Acid Hybridization Assays.

1984 • 36 citations

BCG vaccine, tuberculosis--cancer

1980 • 36 citations

Serodiagnosis of leprosy: relationships between antibodies to Mycobacterium leprae phenolic glycolipid I and protein antigens

1986 • 24 citations