The many faces of Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 463-472

  Seshu, J ^a   Skare, J T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; ARTHROPODS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; LYME DISEASE VACCINES;

EID: 0033758902     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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