Presence of common antigenic epitope in outer surface protein (Osp) A and OspB of Japanese isolates identified as Borrelia garinii

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-458

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Kaneda, Kazuhide ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a   Wang, Jianhui ^a   Yamada, Kazuto ^a   Kawabata, Hiroki ^a   Johnson, Russell C ^b   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; DNA homology; Lyme disease; Monoclonal antibody; OspA; OspB

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; LYME DISEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 0029952639     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01093.x     Document Type: Article

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