Molecular cloning and characterization of nlpH, encoding a novel, surface-exposed, polymorphic, plasmid-encoded 33-kilodalton lipoprotein of Borrelia afzelii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6435-6442

  Theisen, Michael ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 0029854280     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6435-6442.1996     Document Type: Article

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