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SUBMITTER: Junqueira-Kipnis AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3826754 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Junqueira-Kipnis Ana Paula AP de Oliveira Fábio Muniz FM Trentini Monalisa Martins MM Tiwari Sangeeta S Chen Bing B Resende Danilo Pires DP Silva Bruna D S BD Chen Mei M Tesfa Lydia L Jacobs William R WR Kipnis André A
PloS one 20131108 11
The development of a new vaccine as a substitute for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin or to improve its efficacy is one of the many World Health Organization goals to control tuberculosis. Mycobacterial vectors have been used successfully in the development of vaccines against tuberculosis. To enhance the potential utility of Mycobacterium smegmatis as a vaccine, it was transformed with a recombinant plasmid containing the partial sequences of the genes Ag85c, MPT51, and HspX (CMX) from M. tuberculosis. ...[more]