ANTIGENIC VARIATION OF A RELAPSING FEVER BORRELIA SPECIES

1990/10/01 by Alan G. Barbour, A. G. Barbour · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Plant Virus Research Studies #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.mi.44.100190.001103

Abstract

INTRODUCTION . . . 155 IMMUNOLOGY OF RELAPSING FEVER . . . 156 THE VARIABLE ANTIGENS ARE OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS . . . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . 161 ANTIGENIC V ARIA TION IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF DNA REARRANGEMENTS 162 Vrnp GENES ARE ON LINEAR PLASMIDS 163 RECOMBINATION BETWEEN LINEAR PLASMIDS 164 CONCLUDING REMARKS 168

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