Identification, characterization, and expression of three new members of the Borrelia burgdorferi Mlp (2.9) lipoprotein gene family

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6008-6018

  Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   Popova, Taissia G ^a   Hagman, Kayla E ^a   Wikel, Stephen K ^b   Schoeler, George B ^b   Caimano, Melissa J ^c   Radolf, Justin D ^c   Norgard, Michael V ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LIPOPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; IXODES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0032755494     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.6008-6018.1999     Document Type: Article

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