Environmental regulation and differential production of members of the Bdr protein family of Borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 7033-7041

  Roberts, David M ^a   Caimano, Melissa ^b   McDowell, John ^a   Theisen, Michael ^c   Holm, Arne ^d   Orff, Edward ^e   Nelson, David ^e   Wikel, Stephen ^b   Radolf, Justin ^b   Marconi, Richard T ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BDR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036892869     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.7033-7041.2002     Document Type: Article

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