Lectin-like sequences in genome of Borrelia burgdorferi

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Rudenko, Nataliia ^b   Golovchenko, Maryna ^b   Grubhoffer, Libor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Genomic library; Hemagglutination; Lectin; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GALACTOSAMINE; GENOMIC DNA; LECTIN; MANNOSAMINE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GALACTOSAMINE; GENE LIBRARY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HEXOSAMINES; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032995145     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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