Borrelia burgdorferi Erp proteins are immunogenic in mammals infected by tick bite, and their synthesis is inducible in cultured bacteria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2648-2654

  Stevenson, Brian ^a,b   Bono, James L ^a   Schwan, Tom G ^a   Rosa, Patricia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TICK BITE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0031812086     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2648-2654.1998     Document Type: Article

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