A surface-exposed region of a novel outer membrane protein (P66) of Borrelia spp. is variable in size and sequence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1618-1623

  Bunikis, Jonas ^a   Luke, Catherine J ^a   Bunikiene, Elena ^a   Bergström, Sven ^b   Barbour, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; DNA; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA HERMSII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA ANSERINA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA CORIACEAE; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA PARKERI; BORRELIA TURICATAE;

EID: 0031919949     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1618-1623.1998     Document Type: Article

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