Characterization of an anti-Borrelia burgdorferi OspA conformational epitope by limited proteolysis of monoclonal antibody-bound antigen and mass spectrometric peptide mapping

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1002-1010

  Legros, Véronique ^a   Jolivet Reynaud, Colette ^b   Battail Poirot, Nicole ^c   Saint Pierre, Christine ^a   Forest, Eric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Discontinuous epitope; Lyme disease; Mass spectrometry; Monoclonal antibody

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LYME DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES DAMMINI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0034129705     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.5.1002     Document Type: Article

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