Whole genome identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine candidates by comprehensive data mining and bioinformatic analyses.

"group iii included antigens with qualitative scores of 7 (and quantitative score of 8) and 6 (with a quantitative scores9 and up) (a) the gene name and annotation are based on the data deposited at the ncbi [genbank: al123456 ].; the pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: list of 189 selected antigens (a) in bold and underlined: top-ranking antigens included in the list of 45 candidate genes (b) the gene name and annotation are based on the data deposited at the ncbi [genbank: al123456 ].; a "+" sign is indicated if data exists at least in one study in that particular category (see table 1 for data resources) and the arithmetic sum of all "+" for a particular orf is given in the right column as the total qualitative score (qual_total) (a) the gene name and annotation are based on the data deposited at the ncbi [genbank: al123456 ]. additional file 2 : "raw data"

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"AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by a grant from AERAS Global TB Vaccine Foundation."