Cell-density-dependent expression of Borrefia burgdorferi lipoproteins in vitro

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1165-1171

  Indest, Karl J ^a   Ramamoorthy, Ramesh ^a   Solé, Mónica ^a   Gilmore, Robert D ^b   Johnson, Barbara J B ^b   Philipp, Mario T ^a,c  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c T R P R C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL DENSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030951048     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.4.1165-1171.1997     Document Type: Article

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