Differential Binding of Host Complement Inhibitor Factor H by Borrelia burgdorferi Erp Surface Proteins: a Possible Mechanism Underlying the Expansive Host Range of Lyme Disease Spirochetes

The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is capable of infecting a wide variety of vertebrates. This broad host range implies that B. burgdorferi possesses the ability to contravene the immune defenses of many potential hosts. B. burgdorferi produces multiple different Erp proteins on its...

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Publicado en:	Infect Immun
Autores principales:	Stevenson, Brian, El-Hage, Nazira, Hines, Melissa A., Miller, Jennifer C., Babb, Kelly
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2002
Materias:	Molecular Pathogenesis
Acceso en línea:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC127719/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11796574/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.70.2.491-497.2002
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