BmpA is a surface-exposed outer-membrane protein of Borrelia burgdorferi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-83

  Bryksin, Anton V ^a   Tomova, Alexandra ^a   Godfrey, Henry P ^a   Cabello, Felipe C ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

BmpA; Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

BMPA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; RABBIT ANTIRECOMBINANT BMPA ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTIRECOMBINANT BMPB; RABBIT ANTIRECOMBINANT BMPC; RABBIT ANTIRECOMBINANT BMPD; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRITON X 100; TRITON X 114; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; P39 ANTIGEN, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 77954366009     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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