Borrelia burgdorferi in tick cell culture modulates expression of outer surface proteins A and C in response to temperature

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2137-2141

  Obonyo, Marygorret ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^b   Wilske, Bettina ^b   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN C;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; DOWN REGULATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0033038588     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2137-2141.1999     Document Type: Article

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