Host-dependent differential expression of factor H binding proteins, their affinity to factor H and complement evasion by Lyme and relapsing fever borreliae

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 341-347

  Kišová Vargová, Lucia ^a   Mucha, Rastislav ^b   Čerňanská, Dana ^c   Bhide, Mangesh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Coiled coil domain; Complement; CRASP; Factor H

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA CORIACEAE; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYME DISEASE; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CATTLE; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; DOGS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RELAPSING FEVER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA CORIACEAE; BORRELIA GARINII; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79951576687     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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