Increased expression of Borrelia burgdorferi vlsE in response to human endothelial cell membranes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 229-239

  Hudson, Charlene R ^a   Frye, Jonathan G ^b   Quinn, Frederick D ^c   Gherardini, Frank C ^d  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034939220     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02511.x     Document Type: Article

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