Assessment of decorin-binding protein A to the infectivity of <it>Borrelia burgdorferi </it>in the murine models of needle and tick infection
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Decorin-binding proteins (Dbps) A and B of <it>Borrelia burgdorferi</it>, the agent of Lyme disease, are surface-exposed lipoproteins that presumably bind to the extracellular matrix proteoglycan, decorin. <it>B. bu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/82 |