Evidence that the variable regions of the central domain of VlsE are antigenic during infection with Lyme disease spirochetes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4196-4203

  McDowell, John V ^a   Sung, Shian Ying ^a   Hu, Linden T ^a   Marconi, Richard T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VLSE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SERUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0036070663     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4196-4203.2002     Document Type: Article

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