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Interaction between Borrelia miyamotoi variable major proteins Vlp15/16 and Vlp18 with plasminogen and complement

Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever spirochete transmitted by Ixodid ticks causes B. miyamotoi disease (BMD). To evade the human host´s immune response, relapsing fever borreliae, including B. miyamotoi, produce distinct variable major proteins. Here, we investigated Vsp1, Vlp15/16, and Vlp18 all...

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Autores principales: Schmidt, Frederik L., Sürth, Valerie, Berg, Tim K., Lin, Yi-Pin, Hovius, Joppe W., Kraiczy, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7925540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33654183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84533-x