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...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos

Publicado no:	Infect Immun
Principais autores:	Stevenson, Brian, El-Hage, Nazira, Hines, Melissa A., Miller, Jennifer C., Babb, Kelly
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2002
Assuntos:	Molecular Pathogenesis
Acesso em linha:	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
Tags:	Adicionar Tag Sem tags, seja o primeiro a adicionar uma tag!