Antigenic variation in relapsing fever Borrelia
The spirochete Borrelia hermsii avoids the immune response of its mammalian host through multiphasic antigenic variation. Serotype specificity is determined by Variable major proteins (Vmp), in the outer membrane. Through a non reciprocal recombination between linear plasmids, a formerly silent vmp...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Umeå universitet, Mikrobiologi
1994
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-101768 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-7174-928-4 |