Characterization of surface antigen from Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 389-394

  Jones, Kathryn ^a,b   Guidry, Jesse ^b   Wittung Stafshede, Pernilla ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Differential scanning calorimetry; Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi; Protein unfolding; Surface antigen

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN VLSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALORIMETRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0035976777     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5983     Document Type: Article

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