Lyme disease-causing Borrelia species encode multiple lipoproteins homologous to peptide-binding proteins of ABC-type transporters

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4115-4122

  Kornacki, Jon A ^a   Oliver, Donald B ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRITIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0031668304     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.66.9.4115-4122.1998     Document Type: Article

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