A plasmid-encoded nicotinamidase (PncA) is essential for infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi in a mammalian host

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 753-764

  Purser, Joye E ^a   Lawrenz, Matthew B ^a,b   Caimano, Melissa J ^c   Howell, Jerrilyn K ^a   Radolf, Justin D ^c   Norris, Steven J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NICOTINAMIDASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TICK;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; LYME DISEASE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, SCID; MUTATION; NICOTINAMIDASE; PLASMIDS; RATS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPIROCHAETA; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR;

EID: 0038687785     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03452.x     Document Type: Article

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