Binding of the complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein to Lyme disease borreliae

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1299-1305

  Pietikäinen, Johanna ^a   Meri, Taru ^a   Blom, Anna M ^b   Meri, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immune evasion; Infection; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CELL LYSATE; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; WHOLE CELL;

BORRELIA; CELL EXTRACTS; COMPLEMENT C4B-BINDING PROTEIN; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LIGANDS; LYME DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODIDA;

EID: 77149129877     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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