tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073397588746430486.post8007937816793511893..comments2023-10-30T22:11:21.083-10:00Comments on Lyme Disease, Science, And Society: Camp Other: Abstract: Delays and Diversions Mark the Development of B Cell Responses to Bb InfectionCamp Otherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10224408965529778101noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073397588746430486.post-10617125125156128422012-05-02T14:58:46.999-10:002012-05-02T14:58:46.999-10:00I realize that my speculation about ospA here is n...I realize that my speculation about ospA here is not directly related to the research at hand, but I can't help but think about what is driving this outsized (yet poor quality) immune response but to look at osps. <br /><br />What is really interesting is that if I run UniProt BLAST on OspA, there are sequences of OspA from strains of B. <i>garinii</i>, B. <i>burgdorferi</i>, B. <i>lustitaniae</i> which have a 93% identity match to the original strain OspA for which I looked for a match. Different ospAs = hetereogeneity. See: <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/blast/uniprot/20120429501NDAD03L?sort=score&desc=true&page=6" rel="nofollow">http://www.uniprot.org/blast/uniprot/20120429501NDAD03L?sort=score&desc=true&page=6</a>Camp Otherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10224408965529778101noreply@blogger.com