Immunoglobulin-regulated expression of Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A in vivo

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3313-3321

  Hodzic, Emir ^a   Tunev, Stefan ^a   Feng, Sunlian ^a   Freet, Kim J ^a   Barthold, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INOCULATION; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSPA GENE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SCID MOUSE; SEROCONVERSION; SPIROCHETE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; SERUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 19744366674     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3313-3321.2005     Document Type: Article

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