Deletion in the genes encoding outer surface proteins OspA and OspB of Borrelia garinii isolated from patients in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 673-679

  Wang, Jianhui ^a   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Li, Muqing ^a   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borrelia garinii; Lyme disease; Osp variation; ospA; ospB

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

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

EID: 0030930808     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01910.x     Document Type: Article

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