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Borrelia burgdorferi Complement Regulator-Acquiring Surface Protein 2 Does Not Contribute to Complement Resistance or Host Infectivity

Borrelia burgdorferi, the pathogen of Lyme disease, cycles in nature through Ixodes ticks and mammalian hosts. At least five Complement Regulator-Acquiring Surface Proteins (BbCRASPs) are produced by B. burgdorferi, which are thought to assist spirochetes in host immune evasion. Recent studies estab...

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Autores principales: Coleman, Adam S., Yang, Xiuli, Kumar, Manish, Zhang, Xinyue, Promnares, Kamoltip, Shroder, Deborah, Kenedy, Melisha R., Anderson, John F., Akins, Darrin R., Pal, Utpal
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18714378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003010