October 1, 1990

Antigenic Variation of a Relapsing Fever Borrelia Species

ABAlan G. BarbourUniversity of California, Irvine

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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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