Characterization of the stringent response and relBbu expression in Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 957-965

  Bugrysheva, Julia ^a   Dobrikova, Elena Y ^a   Sartakova, Marina L ^a   Caimano, Melissa J ^b   Daniels, Thomas J ^c   Radolf, Justin D ^b   Godfrey, Henry P ^a   Cabello, Felipe C ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS REACTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACARI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037309090     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.957-965.2003     Document Type: Article

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