Heterogeneity of the immunodominant surface protein VlsE among the three genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi pathogenic for humans

Int J Med Microbiol. 2004 Apr:293 Suppl 37:172-3. doi: 10.1016/s1433-1128(04)80034-2.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Antigenic Variation / genetics
  • Antigens, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology
  • Blotting, Southern
  • Blotting, Western
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / genetics*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / immunology
  • Coculture Techniques
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Lipoproteins / genetics*
  • Lipoproteins / immunology
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / blood
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / genetics*
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / immunology
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / pathology

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Lipoproteins
  • VlsE protein, Borrelia burgdorferi