Conformational nature of the Borrelia burgdorferi decorin binding protein A epitopes that elicit protective antibodies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 4799-4807

  Ulbrandt, N D ^a   Cassatt, D R ^a   Patel, N K ^a   Roberts, W C ^a   Bachy, C M ^a   Fazenbaker, C A ^a   Hanson, M S ^a  

^a MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DECORIN; DECORIN BINDING PROTEIN A; EPITOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIGAND BINDING; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CARRIER PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; LYME DISEASE VACCINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0034916170     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.8.4799-4807.2001     Document Type: Article

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