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Deciphering the interface between a CD40 receptor and borrelial ligand OspA.
Microbiological research - 1 Jan 2015
Mlynarcik Patrik, Pulzova Lucia, Bencurova Elena, Kovac Andrej, Dominguez Miguel A, Hresko Stanislav, Bhide Mangesh R
Abstract excerpt
Neuroborreliosis is serious sequelae of Lyme borreliosis. Neuroinvasion is largely relied on successful translocation of Borrelia across the blood-brain barrier. Adherence of Borrelia to brain microvascular endothelial cell (BMEC) seems to be critical for translocation. Here we unfold the interface between OspA and CD40 molecules, major ligand and receptor, that are involved in adhesion of Borrelia to BMECs. We...
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