Molecular characterization of the interaction of Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia turicatae with human complement regulators

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2199-2208

  Schott, Melanie ^a   Grosskinsky, Sonja ^a   Brenner, Christiane ^a   Kraiczy, Peter ^b   Wallich, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FACTOR H LIKE PROTEIN 1; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEINASE; SCLEROPROTEIN; SYNAPSIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA PARKERI; BORRELIA TURICATAE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; HOST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD PROTEINS; BORRELIA; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77951228974     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00089-10     Document Type: Article

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