Identification and characterization of the factor H and FHL-1 binding complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 1 of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov.

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 299, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-154

  Herzberger, Pia ^a   Siegel, Corinna ^a   Skerka, Christine ^b   Fingerle, Volker ^c   Schulte Spechtel, Ulrike ^c   Wilske, Bettina ^c   Brade, Volker ^a   Zipfel, Peter F ^b,d   Wallich, Reinhard ^e   Kraiczy, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia spielmanii; Complement; CRASP; Factor H; Immune evasion; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT REGULATOR ACQUIRING SURFACE PROTEIN 1; FHL 1 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOTTING; BORRELIA; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; CSPA GENE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE; HUMAN; LIGAND AFFINITY BLOT TECHNIQUE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 58649086473     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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