Crystal structure of neurotropism-associated variable surface protein 1 (Vsp1) of Borrelia turicatae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4522-4530

  Lawson, Catherine L ^a,d   Yung, Brian H ^a   Barbour, Alan G ^b   Zückert, Wolfram R ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; LIPOPROTEIN; OSPCS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIABLE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; VARIABLE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD DISEASE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA TURICATAE; BORRELIA TURICATAE OZ1; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYME DISEASE; NEUROTROPISM; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SKIN INFECTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RELAPSING FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA TURICATAE;

EID: 33744966159     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00028-06     Document Type: Article

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