Cloning and molecular characterization of plasmid-encoded antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4407-4417

  Skare, Jonathan T ^a,b   Foley, Denise M ^b,c   Hernandez, Santiago R ^b   Moore, Deanna C ^a   Blanco, David R ^b   Miller, James N ^b   Lovett, Michael A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032795033     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4407-4417.1999     Document Type: Article

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