| molecular characterization of a 6.6-kilodalton borrelia burgdorferi outer membrane-associated lipoprotein (lp6.6) which appears to be downregulated during mammalian infection. | isolated outer membranes of borrelia burgdorferi 297 were utilized to obtain partial amino acid sequence information for a low-molecular-weight, outer membrane-associated polypeptide. degenerate oligonucleotide primers based upon this information were used to amplify a 100-bp probe for detection of the corresponding full-length gene within a b. burgdorferi total genomic library. the relevant open reading frame (orf) encoded a polypeptide comprised of a 17-amino-acid putative signal peptide termi ... | 1997 | 9009290 |