Molecular and immunological analyses of the Borrelia turicatae Bdr protein family

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2369-2373

  Carlyon, Jason A ^a,d   Roberts, David M ^a   Theisen, Michael ^b   Sadler, Christina ^c   Marconi, Richard T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPIROCHETE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034059729     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2369-2373.2000     Document Type: Article

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