Consensus sequence on the genes encoding the major outer surface proteins (OspA and OspB) of Borrelia garinii isolate

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-91

  Jianhui, Wang ^a   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Komikado, Tetsuro ^a   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borrelia garinii; Lyme disease; ospAB sequences; Outer surface protein A; Outer surface protein B

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA GARINII; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031052919     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01186.x     Document Type: Article

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