Conserved Immune Recognition Hierarchy of Mycobacterial PE/PPE Proteins during Infection in Natural Hosts

H. Martin Vordermeier; R. Glyn Hewinson; Robert J. Wilkinson; Katalin A. Wilkinson; Hannah P. Gideon; Douglas B. Young; Samantha L. Sampson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040890

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Conserved Immune Recognition Hierarchy of Mycobacterial PE/PPE Proteins during Infection in Natural Hosts

H. Martin Vordermeier,

Affiliation TB Research Group, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency-Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, United Kingdom
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R. Glyn Hewinson,

Affiliation TB Research Group, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency-Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, United Kingdom
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Robert J. Wilkinson,

Affiliations Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Division of Mycobacterial Research, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Katalin A. Wilkinson,

Affiliations Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Division of Mycobacterial Research, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
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Hannah P. Gideon,

Affiliation Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Douglas B. Young,

Affiliations Division of Mycobacterial Research, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Samantha L. Sampson

* E-mail: ssampson@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Conserved Immune Recognition Hierarchy of Mycobacterial PE/PPE Proteins during Infection in Natural Hosts

H. Martin Vordermeier,
R. Glyn Hewinson,
Robert J. Wilkinson,
Katalin A. Wilkinson,
Hannah P. Gideon,
Douglas B. Young,
Samantha L. Sampson

Published: August 1, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040890

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