Demonstration of the involvement of outer surface protein E coiled coil structural domains and higher order structural elements in the binding of infection-induced antibody and the complement-regulatory protein, factor H

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7471-7480

  McDowell, John V ^a   Wolfgang, Jill ^a   Senty, Lauren ^a   Sundy, Christina M ^a   Noto, Michael J ^a   Marconi, Richard T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FACTOR H BINDING PROTEIN; L39 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N38 PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN E; P38 PROTEIN; PROTEIN A68; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI B31MI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELL INTERACTION; COILED COIL MOTIF; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LIGAND BINDING; LYME DISEASE; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN E COILED COIL STRUCTURAL DOMAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 10344228235     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.12.7471     Document Type: Article

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