a 58 kD protein of M. tuberculosis that induces production of TNF by human monocytes; may play an important role both in immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis & in mycobacterial immunity; aa sequence has been determined
Also Known As:
58 kDa tumor necrosis factor-inducing protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; 58 kDa TNF-inducing protein, M. tuberculosis