Crystal structure of outer surface protein C (OspC) from the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 971-978

  Kumaran, D ^a   Eswaramoorthy, S ^a   Luft, B J ^b   Koide, S ^c   Dunn, J J ^a   Lawson, C L ^a,d   Swaminathan, S ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D structure; Lyme disease; OspC; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; LIGAND BINDING; LYME DISEASE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSTATICS; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0035283085     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.5.971     Document Type: Article

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