Comparative analysis of the properties and ligand binding characteristics of CspZ, a factor H binding protein, derived from Borrelia burgdorferi isolates of human origin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4396-4405

  Rogers, Elizabeth A ^a   Abdunnur, Shane V ^a   McDowell, John V ^a   Marconi, Richard T ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for the Study of Biological Complexity   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI CSPZ PROTEIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI CSPZ PROTEIN ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; LYME DISEASE VACCINE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT CSPZ PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING KINETICS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LIGAND BINDING; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70349411630     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00393-09     Document Type: Article

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