Surface localization determinants of Borrelia OspC/Vsp family lipoproteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2814-2825

  Kumru, Ozan S ^a   Schulze, Ryan J ^a,b   Rodnin, Mykola V ^a   Ladokhin, Alexey S ^a   Zückert, Wolfram R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BORRELIA OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; DIMER; EPITOPE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA TURICATAE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LIPOPROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA TURICATAE; IXODIDA;

EID: 79958125256     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00015-11     Document Type: Article

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