Characterization of borrelia burgdorferi aggregates

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Srivastava, Siddharth Y ^a,b   De Silva, Aravinda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Borrelia; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH CURVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPIROCHETE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 68049148554     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0148     Document Type: Article

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