Acylated cholesteryl galactosides are ubiquitous glycolipid antigens among Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-143

  Stübs, Gunthard ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^b   Zähringer, Ulrich ^c   Schumann, Ralf R ^a   Rademann, Jörg ^d,e   Schröder, Nicolas W J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen; Borrelia burgdorferi; Glycolipid; Lyme disease; Serology; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERYL GALACTOSIDE; GALACTOSIDE; GLYCOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYLATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GALACTOSIDES; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS;

EID: 80052588400     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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