CspA from <named-content content-type="genus-species">Borrelia burgdorferi</named-content> Inhibits the Terminal Complement Pathway
ABSTRACT In order to survive and persist in an immunocompetent human host, Borrelia burgdorferi controls the human immune attack and blocks the damaging effects of the activated complement system. These Gram-negative spirochetes use CspA (CRASP-1) and four additional immune evasion proteins to bind...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2013-08-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00481-13 |