Probing the Borrelia burgdorferi surface lipoprotein secretion pathway using a conditionally folding protein domain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6724-6732

  Chen, Shiyong ^a   Zückert, Wolfram R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CALMODULIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; BACTERIAL VACCINE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPOPROTEIN SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EUKARYOTA;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALMODULIN; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84855394288     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06042-11     Document Type: Article

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