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. 1996 Dec;64(12):5425–5427. doi: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5425-5427.1996

Molecular definition and identification of new proteins of Mycobacterium leprae.

M C Pessolani 1, P J Brennan 1
PMCID: PMC174543  PMID: 8945601

Abstract

This report describes N-terminal group analysis of six new proteins isolated from in vivo-grown Mycobacterium leprae, three of which correspond to products of the cysA, ahpC, and rpIL genes, which were recently defined through the M. leprae genome project and which encode a putative sulfate sulfurtransferase, an antioxidant enzyme, and the L7/L12 ribosomal protein, respectively.

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