Changes in temporal and spatial patterns of outer surface lipoprotein expression generate population heterogeneity and antigenic diversity in the lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3468-3478

  Hefty, P Scott ^a   Jolliff, Sarah E ^a   Caimano, Melissa J ^a   Wikel, Stephen K ^a   Akins, Darrin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; SALIVARY GLANDS; TICKS;

EID: 0036084295     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.7.3468-3478.2002     Document Type: Article

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