The tick salivary protein Salp15 inhibits the killing of serum-sensitive Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2888-2894

  Schuijt, Tim J ^a   Hovius, Joppe W R ^b,c   Van Burgel, Nathalie D ^a   Ramamoorthi, Nandhini ^c   Fikrig, Erol ^c   Van Dam, Alje P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5 INHIBITOR; PROTEIN SALP15; SALIVA PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; SALP15 PROTEIN, IXODES SCAPULARIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IXODES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; HUMANS; IXODES; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

EID: 46449119230     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00232-08     Document Type: Article

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