Non-heritable change of a spirochaete's phenotype by decoration of the cell surface with exogenous lipoproteins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 387-396

  Bunikis, J ^a   Mirian, H ^a   Bunikiene, E ^a   Barbour, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN OSPD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA HERMSII; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CELL MEMBRANE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FORMALDEHYDE; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE VACCINES; PHENOTYPE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA HERMSII; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 0035038666     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02382.x     Document Type: Article

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