Fibronectin-binding protein of Borrelia hermsii expressed in the blood of mice with relapsing fever

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2520-2531

  Lewis, Eric R G ^a,c   Marcsisin, Renee A ^a,d   Campeau Miller, Shelley A ^a,e   Hue, Fong ^a   Phillips, April ^a   AuCoin, David P ^b   Barbour, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BHA007 PROTEIN; CIHC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4 BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FIBRONECTIN-BINDING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GEL; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; DISEASE MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPIROCHETE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNE SERA; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RELAPSING FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 84900406836     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01582-14     Document Type: Article

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