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Assessment of decorin-binding protein A to the infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi in the murine models of needle and tick infection

BACKGROUND: Decorin-binding proteins (Dbps) A and B of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, are surface-exposed lipoproteins that presumably bind to the extracellular matrix proteoglycan, decorin. B. burgdorferi infects various tissues including the bladder, heart, joints, skin and the c...

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Autores principales: Blevins, Jon S, Hagman, Kayla E, Norgard, Michael V
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-82