Characterization of multiprotein complexes of the Borrelia burgdorferi outer membrane vesicles

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4556-4566

  Yang, Xiuli ^a   Promnares, Kamoltip ^a,c   Qin, Jinhong ^a,d   He, Ming ^b   Shroder, Deborah Y ^a,e   Kariu, Toru ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Pal, Utpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; microbial pathogenesis; outer membrane; protein complex

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN B; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN D; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN LP6.6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL VACUOLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LYME DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEOMICS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 80053895756     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr200395b     Document Type: Article

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