Antigenic and genetic structure of Borrelia burgdorferi

Microbios

Volumn 91, Issue 368-369, 1997, Pages 165-174

  Fernández, José Gutiérrez ^a   Fernández, Manuel Rodríguez ^a   Murillo, Francisca Nuñez ^a   Maroto Vela, María Del Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigen; Borrelia burgdorferi; DNA; Nucleic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REVIEW;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHAPERONIN 60; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLAGELLA; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; PLASMIDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031304701     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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