Antigenic and genetic structure of Borrelia burgdorferi.

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Antigenic and genetic structure of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Microbios - 1 Jan 1997

Gutiérrez Fernández J, Rodríguez Fernández M, Nuñez Murillo F, Maroto Vela M C

Abstract excerpt

Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by the spirochaetes Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii and it is transmitted by ticks. Most of the proteins (outer surface proteins, flagellar proteins and other uncertain location proteins) have a strong antigenic variability. Osp A p...

Topics

Antigenic Variation
Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Borrelia burgdorferi Group
Chaperonin 60
Chromosomes, Bacterial
Cloning, Molecular
Flagella
Genetic Variation
HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
Lyme Disease
Plasmids

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