Molecular characterization of a 35-kilodalton protein of Borrelia burgdorferi, an antigen of diagnostic importance in early Lyme disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-91

  Gilmore Jr , Robert D ^a,b   Kappel, Kimberly J ^a   Johnson, Barbara J B ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA TURICATAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1642528894     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.86-91.1997     Document Type: Article

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