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Borrelia burgdorferi basic membrane proteins A and B participate in the genesis of Lyme arthritis.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 21 Jan 2008
Pal Utpal, Wang Penghua, Bao Fukai, Yang Xiuli, Samanta Swapna, Schoen Robert, Wormser Gary P, Schwartz Ira, Fikrig Erol
Abstract excerpt
Lyme arthritis results from colonization of joints by Borrelia burgdorferi and the ensuing host response. Using gene array-based differential analysis of B. burgdorferi gene expression and quantitative reverse trancription-polymerase chain reaction, we identified two paralogous spirochete genes, bmpA and bmpB, that are preferentially up-regulated in mouse joints compared with other organs. Transfer of...
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