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Comment
. 2002 Nov;70(11):6509-10; author reply 6511.
doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6509-6511.2002-a.

ESAT-6 and CFP-10: what is the diagnosis?

Nico C Gey van Pittius, Robin M Warren, Paul D van Helden
Comment

ESAT-6 and CFP-10: what is the diagnosis?

Nico C Gey van Pittius et al. Infect Immun. 2002 Nov.
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FIG. 1.
Alignment of the protein sequences of the ESAT-6 and CFP-10 orthologues from M. tuberculosis (M. tb.) and M. smegmatis (M. smeg.). Although studies have indicated the presence of multiple T-cell epitopes scattered throughout the ESAT-6 protein sequence (10, 11, 15), the positions of predominantly recognized epitopes are underlined (4, 10, 11, 12, 15). Asterisks indicate identical amino acid residues; colons and dots indicate conserved and semiconserved substitutions, respectively, according to their physiochemical criteria. aa, amino acid.
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