Heterogeneity of the immunodominant surface protein VlsE among the three genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi pathogenic for humans.
Göttner
Gereon
G
Max von Pettenkofer Institute, National Reference Center for Borreliae, Munich, Germany. goettner@m3401.mpk.med.uni-muenchen.de
Schulte-Spechtel
Ulrike
U
Wilske
Bettina
B
D000940:Antigenic Variation / Q000235:genetics; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008074:Lipoproteins; C105546:VlsE protein, Borrelia burgdorferi